What is An Engraved Club?

When Jenna visits Gideon at the Elephant Sanctuary in Tennessee she is introduced to Maura, the elephant that was her mother’s favorite. While Jenna is there, Maura carves the Xhosa word for sweetheart into a club of wood and drops it at Jenna’s feet. Alice has bought a similar club during a fundraising auction because she knew it was carved by Maura. It is the only thing that she had in South Africa to remind herself of her past life. At the moment that Detective Mills calls Alice to tell her Jenna’s body had been found the club fell from the wall and broke into two pieces.