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VANDOO · 26th June 2013, 05:38 AM

http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?t=15945
THIS THREAD HAS SOME GOOD INFO. ON CLUBS FROM THE MARQUESAS.

THERE WAS AND IS A LOT OF INTREST IN SAILING AND VISITING THE ROMANTIC SOUTH SEAS. WRITERS, ARTISTS AND ADVENTURERS VISITED AND GENERATED INTREST FROM THEIR WORKS SO SCIENTISTS AND THE RICH WERE ATTRACTED TO THE ISLANDS LOOKING FOR OCEANIC ART TO COLLECT. WHEN THE CULTURE CHANGED AND ALL THE GOOD OLD EXAMPLES WERE GONE NEWER ONES WERE MADE TO FILL THE DEMAND FOR THESE VISITORS. THESE CLUBS WERE SOUGHT AFTER SO THEY HAVE BEEN REPRODUCED UP UNTIL TODAY.
TIKI CLUBS/RESTURANTS WERE VERY POPULAR DURING SEVERAL PERIODS AND IN MANY COUNTRIES SO MASKS, SPEARS AND CLUBS ECT WERE MADE FOR DECOR. YOUR EXAMPLE IS WELL CARVED BUT LACKS THE EXPERT CARVING FOUND ON MOST OLD ONES FROM PRE-CONTACT TIMES.
I SEE NO REASON TO DOUBT THE PROVENANCE YOU HAVE ON THE CLUB. IT DOES FALL INTO THE CARTEGORY OF POST-CONTACT TIMES AND IS MORE ART THAN WEAPON OR TRIBAL SYMBOL OF RANK. PROVENANCE OF ITS ORIGIN AND PURCHASE IN THE MARQUESAS AND A TIME REFRENCE AFIRM IT WAS MADE BY A NATIVE OF THOSE ISLANDS SO THAT IS A GOOD THING. A RARE NICE COLLECTABLE ITEM CONGRADULATIONS.

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26th June 2013, 05:38 AM	#2
VANDOO (deceased) Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: OKLAHOMA, USA Posts: 3,138	http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?t=15945 THIS THREAD HAS SOME GOOD INFO. ON CLUBS FROM THE MARQUESAS. THERE WAS AND IS A LOT OF INTREST IN SAILING AND VISITING THE ROMANTIC SOUTH SEAS. WRITERS, ARTISTS AND ADVENTURERS VISITED AND GENERATED INTREST FROM THEIR WORKS SO SCIENTISTS AND THE RICH WERE ATTRACTED TO THE ISLANDS LOOKING FOR OCEANIC ART TO COLLECT. WHEN THE CULTURE CHANGED AND ALL THE GOOD OLD EXAMPLES WERE GONE NEWER ONES WERE MADE TO FILL THE DEMAND FOR THESE VISITORS. THESE CLUBS WERE SOUGHT AFTER SO THEY HAVE BEEN REPRODUCED UP UNTIL TODAY. TIKI CLUBS/RESTURANTS WERE VERY POPULAR DURING SEVERAL PERIODS AND IN MANY COUNTRIES SO MASKS, SPEARS AND CLUBS ECT WERE MADE FOR DECOR. YOUR EXAMPLE IS WELL CARVED BUT LACKS THE EXPERT CARVING FOUND ON MOST OLD ONES FROM PRE-CONTACT TIMES. I SEE NO REASON TO DOUBT THE PROVENANCE YOU HAVE ON THE CLUB. IT DOES FALL INTO THE CARTEGORY OF POST-CONTACT TIMES AND IS MORE ART THAN WEAPON OR TRIBAL SYMBOL OF RANK. PROVENANCE OF ITS ORIGIN AND PURCHASE IN THE MARQUESAS AND A TIME REFRENCE AFIRM IT WAS MADE BY A NATIVE OF THOSE ISLANDS SO THAT IS A GOOD THING. A RARE NICE COLLECTABLE ITEM CONGRADULATIONS. WELCOME TO THE FORUM