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Tim Simmons · 2nd April 2009, 06:53 PM

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I think is is just great. So much so I had to bring out this old friend to compere wood patina. We know how flint was exported from Aus. This stone looks like granite but I am not an expert. I have found that Yap islanders got there stone money discs from Palau over 290 miles away. The Yap money stones although massive do look like the Gaba-Gaba disc but I would not like to say there is a connection.
This club has LLmi ? kumusi writen on it, the Kumusi river Oro province PNG. The other word may be a village or tribe of people. The disc club is also found in the Torres staits Islands. Much further south. I would imagine it was all so found on other islands. I would like to think these pieces were collected before the Kokoda trail. When compered to my African items they do look turn of the 19th early 20th century.

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2nd April 2009, 06:53 PM	#1
Tim Simmons Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: What is still UK Posts: 5,843	Yabba GABA-GABA Do WILMA I think is is just great. So much so I had to bring out this old friend to compere wood patina. We know how flint was exported from Aus. This stone looks like granite but I am not an expert. I have found that Yap islanders got there stone money discs from Palau over 290 miles away. The Yap money stones although massive do look like the Gaba-Gaba disc but I would not like to say there is a connection. This club has LLmi ? kumusi writen on it, the Kumusi river Oro province PNG. The other word may be a village or tribe of people. The disc club is also found in the Torres staits Islands. Much further south. I would imagine it was all so found on other islands. I would like to think these pieces were collected before the Kokoda trail. When compered to my African items they do look turn of the 19th early 20th century. For some unknown reason I cannot get the picture manager on this site to work. Last edited by Tim Simmons; 2nd April 2009 at 07:11 PM.