NEW HEBRIDES CLUB FORMS

VANDOO · 20th September 2016, 05:15 PM

THANKS FOR THE COMMENT JOSE , FEW ARE MADE ON THESE POSTS

THERE IS QUITE A LOT OF VARIATION IN CLUBS FROM THE VARIOUS ISLAND GROUPS IN THE AREA. LIFE WAS MUCH THE SAME FROM ISLAND TO ISLAND BUT CUSTOMS AND ESPECIALLY REGALIA AND WEAPONS THOUGH SIMILAR COULD VARY QUITE A LOT. THESE CLUBS HAVE ENOUGH LENGTH FOR A FENCING AND PARRYING STYLE OF COMBAT INSTEAD OF CLOSE IN FIGHTING. THEY ARE LIGHT WEIGHT NOT LARGE BONE CRUSHERS OR BREAKERS LIKE THOSE FROM SOME ISLANDS NOTABLY FIJI. I WOULD CLASSIFY THEM AS MACE LIKE IN FUNCTION AND DUE TO THE LENGTH AND WEIGHT A FAST WEAPON. I DON'T KNOW THE MEANING OF THE CARVED DECORATION ON SOME OF THE BUTTS OF THESE CLUBS BUT AS FAR AS I KNOW IT IS UNIQUE TO OLDER NEW HEBRIDES CLUBS.
PERHAPS SOME OTHER MEMBERS MAY ADD A FEW OF THEIR CLUBS.

20th September 2016, 05:15 PM	#5
VANDOO (deceased) Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: OKLAHOMA, USA Posts: 3,138	THANKS FOR THE COMMENT JOSE , FEW ARE MADE ON THESE POSTS THERE IS QUITE A LOT OF VARIATION IN CLUBS FROM THE VARIOUS ISLAND GROUPS IN THE AREA. LIFE WAS MUCH THE SAME FROM ISLAND TO ISLAND BUT CUSTOMS AND ESPECIALLY REGALIA AND WEAPONS THOUGH SIMILAR COULD VARY QUITE A LOT. THESE CLUBS HAVE ENOUGH LENGTH FOR A FENCING AND PARRYING STYLE OF COMBAT INSTEAD OF CLOSE IN FIGHTING. THEY ARE LIGHT WEIGHT NOT LARGE BONE CRUSHERS OR BREAKERS LIKE THOSE FROM SOME ISLANDS NOTABLY FIJI. I WOULD CLASSIFY THEM AS MACE LIKE IN FUNCTION AND DUE TO THE LENGTH AND WEIGHT A FAST WEAPON. I DON'T KNOW THE MEANING OF THE CARVED DECORATION ON SOME OF THE BUTTS OF THESE CLUBS BUT AS FAR AS I KNOW IT IS UNIQUE TO OLDER NEW HEBRIDES CLUBS. PERHAPS SOME OTHER MEMBERS MAY ADD A FEW OF THEIR CLUBS.