NEW CALEDONIA CLUB FORMS

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#1.SEE LINK TO OLD FORUM POST, MAY BE NEW CALEDONIA OR IN THE REGION. BUT DOES FALL INTO THE BIRD HEAD CLUB FORM.
#2. ANOTHER BIRD HEAD FORM BUT LIKELY NOT FROM NEW CALEDONIA PERHAPS A SOLOMON ISLANDS FORM.
#3. NEW CALEDONIA WOOD CARVING ROOF FINAL
#4. NEW CALEDONIA BIRD HEAD CLUB
#5. ONE BIRD HEAD AND 2 PHALLIC CLUBS, 1 NEW HEBRIDES STAR CLUB.
#6. TWO BIRD HEAD CLUBS AND ONE MUSHROOM CLUB, 2 UNKNOWN CLUBS
#7. TIM'S CLUB LIKELY FROM NEW CALEDONIA IN MUSHROOM OR PHALLIC FORM.
#8.NEW CALEDONIA STONE HEAD CEREMONIAL SCEPTER, AX OR CLUB.
#9. NEW CALEDONIA STONE HEAD CLUB OR SCEPTER, (GI OKONO )12 IN. LONG X 6 INCH DIAMETER. A TRADITIONAL NEW CALEDONIAN CEREMONIAL OBJECT
#10., #11. & #12 NEW CALEDONIA CEREMONIAL STONE HEAD AX, SCEPTERS

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#1. & #2. NEW CALEDONIA MUSHROOM CLUB 28 INCHES LONG.
#3. & #4. NEW CALEDONIA BIRD HEAD CLUB 78 CM. LONG HEAD 22 CM.
#5. NEW CALEDONIA MUSHROOM CLUB DETAIL
#6. TWO NEW CALEDONIAN BOYS WITH THEIR CLUBS 1910
#7. NEW CALEDONIA BIRD HEAD CLUB
#8. STONE CLUB HEAD SAID TO BE FROM NEW CALEDONIA FURTHER RESEARCH NEEDED ON THIS FORM 17.5 CM.
#9. MUSHROOM CLUB NEW CALEDONIA GOOD OLD ONE, 75 CM LONG HEAD DIAMETER 18 CM.
#10., #11. & #12. NEW CALEDONIA SOUVENIR CARVED ART CLUB.

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JUST A OBSERVATION ON FORM AND FUNCTION OF THE BIRD HEAD CLUB. PERHAPS THIS FORM OF WOODEN CLUB PREDATED AND INFLUENCED LATER METAL WEAPONS THAT WERE MOUNTED AND FUNCTIONED IN A SIMILAR WAY. THE BRONZE CHINESE GE THOUGH ON A LONGER POLE IS MUCH THE SAME. THE INDIAN ZAGHANAL AMD THE AFGHAN LOHAR ARE MUCH THE SAME IN SHAPE AND FUNCTION AS WELL. WOOD CLUBS THAT PRE-DATED BRONZE AGE WEAPONS ARE NOT LIKELY TO HAVE SURVIVED BUT MAY HAVE EXISTED.
#1. & #2. CHINESE BRONZE GE
#3. ZAGINAL INDIA
#4. OLD FORM OF LOHAR INDIA OR AFGHAN
#5. NEW CALEDONIA BIRD HEAD CLUB FOR COMPARISON

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THIS EXAMPLE WAS REFERRED TO AS A TURTLE HEAD CLUB IT MAY JUST BE ANOTHER FORM OF BIRD HEAD CLUB. IT IS 74 CM. LONG