A Vulcan ahn-woon
The ahn-woon was a traditional Vulcan melee weapon consisting of a strip of leather with metal balls at the ends used as a whip or noose. It was used by combatants in the kal-if-fee, the traditional mating challenge during the pon farr. (TOS: "Amok Time")
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In a line of dialogue scripted for "Amok Time" but not in the episode's televised variants, the ahn-woon is described, by T'Pau, as the "oldest of Vulcan weapons."
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- Ahn woon at Memory Beta, the wiki for licensed Star Trek works