Book Of Traceable Heraldic Art

Polo Stick

A wooden staff with a curved end used to strike a ball. Found in Islamic heraldry. Default orientation: curved end to chief. No proper coloration.

Source: Mamluk Emblems Online Corpus. Artist unknown. (Adapted from a photograph of a ceramic fragment with polo sticks, dated c. 1300 conserved at the Museum of Islamic Art, Cairo.)