I might be rocking the boat but I am having second thoughts about a Solomon Island origination for this club. It has been troubling me for some time. I have had many Solomon island clubs and this piece is just a bit different. The wood is not usual, hard light weight compared to even small S Island clubs. You could strike bludgeon fashion with it but I am not certain that is the main function, as with most S island clubs. To my mind it is more of a short close combat stabbing fighting stick. I am suggesting unless members can show clearly a Solomon Island origin. That this {an older piece} and the more recent decorated versions one can see at times on a well known auction site recently collected by US service people. Is a Micronesian Bwang fighting stick. In the link you can see similar forms of around the same length and the weight to me would be just right for this form of marshal art/combat. If any member can elaborate please do. I might need to add more pictures to explore my suggestion.
https://micronesica.org/sites/defaul...dec.1978-3.pdf