Club

Solomon Islands tapering paddle club, dovetail pommel.
Nggela Islands (formerly Florida Islands) tapering paddle clubs show close similarities to the geographically separate pakipaki clubs of Tonga. They are carved with a thin logitudinal ridge down the upper part of the blade but are otherwise plain. The clubs were traded widely and some have been collected elsewhere.

Object Summary

Accession Loan No.
38/1923/7
Category
Ethnography
Collection Class
Arms and armour
Collection Area Region
MELAN
Material
wood
Common Name
club
Simple Name
weapon
Production County
Southeast
Production Country
Solomon Islands
Production Date
20th century
Production Year Low
1870
Production Year High
1875

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tapering paddle club