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M ELEY · 19th June 2009, 04:54 AM

A few years back when I had a few ethno clubs, Jimmy Manteris told me about a spectacular book on clubs, blow guns, native dress, etc. The book is rather rare and expensive, but i managed to view it through inter-library loan. It's "The Ethnograpic Album of the Pacific Islands" by John Edge-Partington, written in 1895! Kinda like Stone's Glossary in 1905...old, but filled with great info. The pics are all sketched drawings only, usually a turn-off for me, but they were so well detailed and specific, that i really liked this book. It covered Australian clubs, Figian, Soloman, Kingsmill Islands, PNG, etc, etc. It told me that not only was my club from the Solomans, but specifically from the island of Malaita. Highly recommended if you ever pick up a copy...

19th June 2009, 04:54 AM	#10
M ELEY Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: NC, U.S.A. Posts: 2,141	A few years back when I had a few ethno clubs, Jimmy Manteris told me about a spectacular book on clubs, blow guns, native dress, etc. The book is rather rare and expensive, but i managed to view it through inter-library loan. It's "The Ethnograpic Album of the Pacific Islands" by John Edge-Partington, written in 1895! Kinda like Stone's Glossary in 1905...old, but filled with great info. The pics are all sketched drawings only, usually a turn-off for me, but they were so well detailed and specific, that i really liked this book. It covered Australian clubs, Figian, Soloman, Kingsmill Islands, PNG, etc, etc. It told me that not only was my club from the Solomans, but specifically from the island of Malaita. Highly recommended if you ever pick up a copy...