They often carried assegais and shields, and also a quagga-tail switch, the symbol of their profession.
12.
Behind the shield there are two crossed weapons, an assegai ( lance ) and a knobkierie ( club ).
13.
In 1946, Wilson survived an attack by a local woman in Sudan who threw an assegai spear at him.
14.
When recovered his body had 18 assegai wounds . 2 of his escort had been killed, and another was missing.
15.
Most Zulu warriors were armed with an " assegai " ( short spear ) and a shield made of cowhide.
16.
These events enraged Rharhabe that he at once entered Thembuland to remedy the affront at the tip of an assegai ( spear ).
17.
The sticky milky sap has been used a glue, for instance to fix assegai blades to their handles, or as a depilatory.
18.
Without a word, he took my foreskin, pulled it forward, and then, in a single motion, brought down his assegai.
19.
But while doing so, Andizibi [ a local tribesman ] and his follwers became very excited and rushed around with their guns and assegais.
20.
The Zulus were harried mercilessly for 7 miles, mounted troops firing one handed with carbines from the saddle or spearing them with discarded assegais.
