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31st December 2010, 08:12 PM
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CONGRADULATIONS A VERY WELL MADE EXAMPLE WITH A NICE PATINA.
I HAVE SEEN THIS FORM REFERRED TO AS A GAUATA PARRYING CLUB ALSO AS A SHIELD CLUB USUALLY JUST IDENTIFIED BY SOLOMON ISLANDS. HERE ARE A FEW PICTURES OF THE FORM. |
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31st December 2010, 11:30 PM
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1st January 2011, 12:50 PM
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fearn, thanks for that link. You are a bad influence as I have now ordered a copy. Alone not bad but when "An Ethnology of the Admiralty Islands" is added rather naughty
 .This club is rather like a sword club. It is light enough to be used fast with one had in much the same way as the shorter light Dha. Close contact with a spike end. The grip has plenty of room for two hands. I am surprised how well balanced and pleasant it is in the hand. |
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1st January 2011, 09:54 PM
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Glad to oblige!
 Happy New Collection Addition, F |
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12th January 2011, 08:00 PM
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Fascinating book. Really just an early 20th century catalogue of the the material in the Pennsyvania University Museum, trying to bring some order to the collection of South Seas clubs. Printed 1917 but the English is very old fashioned even for then. The auther is humble enough to say that in some degree through lack of earlier study, oppinion is part of the corp of knowledge. To my mind there is one slight wobble which could be me reading between the lines ie -as the similar form is found in the Melanesian Solomons, {Melanesian may read as being thought of as lesser? than the Polynesian Samoan} it was introduced by travelling Niue people. There is no copyright on this publication. The club in the picture is longer but you can see the form is clearly the same.
P.S. the top script should be second. |
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6th April 2016, 11:07 AM
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Just adding a little more to this thread from the AMNH. Form variation these look heavier.
https://anthro.amnh.org/anthropology...20ST%2F%204519 |
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6th April 2016, 04:39 PM
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is this relevant?
I have for some time this club, i bought it from abroad, and i believe is a creta sword club, but i am not sure! I see resemblance with these clubs. What is your opinion about the origin?
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