A NICE LOOKING FIJI CLUB, IT WILL BE INTERESTING TO GET SOME INFORMATION ON THE FORM WHEN YOU HAVE IT IN HAND. I HAVE NOT HANDLED ONE OF THESE AND HAVE ONLY SEEN PICTURES SO I WONDER ABOUT ITS DESIGN. THE SPIKE IS THE SAME AS ON GATA AND SALI FORMS OF FIJI CLUBS BUT INSTEAD OF THE CURVED STRIKING EDGE IT HAS A ROUND SNAIL FORM STRIKING AREA. DOES THE ROUNDED PART HAVE AN EDGE OR IS IT BLUNT AND DESIGNED FOR IMPACT LIKE A HAMMER?. I LOOK FORWARD TO FURTHER INFORMATION ON THE CLUB PATINA, SIZE DESIGN AND FUNCTION.
THERE ARE PICTURES OF 3 EXAMPLES OF THIS FORM IN MY POST ON FIJI CLUBS PAGE TWO UNDER SALI CLUBS.
PLATE #10 IN CLUNNIES BOOK SHOWS A PLATE OF DRAWINGS FROM THE REVEREND THOMAS WILLIAMS BOOK ON FIJI AND THIS FORM OF CLUB IS REPRESENTED AS A GATA WITH UNUSUAL SNAIL SHAPED HEAD. I THINK THE REVEREND WAS IN FIJI CIRCA 1840 TO 1884 SO THIS FORM OF CLUB IS NOT JUST A RECENT DESIGN AS I HAD THOUGHT.
HERE IS A PICTURE OF A SIMILAR CLUB AND A PICTURE OF A OLD BOOK PLATE I AM NOT SURE IF ITS FROM REVEREND WILLIAMS BOOK OR NOT.
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