The crook (heka) and the flail or flabellum (nekhakha), are two of the most prominent items in the royal regalia of ancient Egypt. |
The crook was a cane with a hooked handle, sometimes gold-plated and reinforced with blue copper bands. It probably derived from the shepherd's crosier.
Cretan Crook today. |
- Use(for goats)
- Use (for walk)
Cretan men with their crook |
It is also martial arm!!!! A Gretan farmer swung a shepherd's crook at a riot policeman in the port of Piraeus, near Athens. |