Malaita club.

[Tim Simmons]

I have been lucky to pick this club up at a sensible price, still pushing the boat out for me at the present time.
Not the largest version or the finest I have seen but a good enough start, 75cm long so I guess about 18cm wide at the top. Plenty big enough to do some damage. The really big ones, about a metre long would only be the property of the most elite warriors. I wonder if this form is found on islands other than Malaita?
If you have not done so already, I would urge all those interested in this sort of thing to get a copy of "Lightning Meets the West Wind, The Malaita Massacre, Roger M.Keesing/Peter Corris." When I have it I will show it with others.