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Many years ago I had an example of this club form only in a hard blond wood. I believed it to be from somewhere south pacific. I let it go in a swap. I now have this example. I have seen then listed as Solomon Island, in fact on a well know auction site and from a large European country, there is one said to be from Rennell Island at quite a cost. What makes me ask a question about this club is the fact it came with the leather loop which is too small for a lanyard. The leather is old and broke while I set about taking the pictures. Leather is not an oceanic material. I would associate leather material with Africa? It is possible that an old leather trade item was simply cut up and used to make a hanging loop where it was made or even by the previous or original collector. The two tone wood could just as much be Solomon Island as African? There is lime inlay which is a Solomon island thing. Any ideas?
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