Club

Makira tapering paddle club with split bamboo handle binding. 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. Likely acquired by John Gould Veitch on the HMS Curacoa in 1865.

Object Summary

Accession Loan No.
E1909
Category
Ethnography
Collection Class
Arms and armour
Collection Area Region
MELAN
Material
woodcoconut sennit
Common Name
club
Simple Name
weapon
Production Town
San Cristobal (Makira)
Production Country
Solomon Islands
Production Date
19th century
Production Year High
1865

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tapering paddle club