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VANDOO · 21st May 2010, 02:04 AM

THEY RANGE FROM 1800'S TO THE PRESENT. THE WOODEN EXAMPLE WITH THE MEASUREMENTS 12" BELOW IS A NEW ONE FOR TOURISTS. THESE NEWER ONES ARE USUALLY MADE OF A LIGHTER SOFTER WOOD THAT IS EASIER TO CARVE BUT NOT AS GOOD FOR A WEAPON. THE OLDER ONES THAT WERE ACTUAL WEAPONS ARE USUALLY RATHER PLAIN, THE ONES WITH FACES CARVED ON THE STRIKING END ARE MORE CEREMONIAL AND PROBABLY RANGE FROM 1920'S TO PERHAPS THE 1960'S.
THERE ARE STILL SOME WELL CARVED EXAMPLES MADE BY EXPERT CARVERS BUT MOST ARE JUST FOR TOURISTS AND NOT VERY WELL DONE. THERE ARE QUITE A FEW EXCELLENT MAORI CARVERS BUT THESE DAYS MOST OF THEIR GOOD WORK IS DONE AS BONE AND JADE JEWLRY.
THE CLUB SIZE IS USUALLY AROUND 10 TO 14.5 INCHES BUT A FEW OF THE SHORT CLUBS ARE 18 TO 21. THERE IS ONE PICTURE OF A SHORT CLUB THAT IS NOT A KOTATE, I WILL TRY AND COVER THE OTHER SHORT CLUBS LATER IN OTHER POSTS. THE OLDER KOTATAE SOMETIMES HAS A TIKI FACE CARVED ON THE END OF THE HANDLE AND THE TWO NOTCHES BUT USUALLY NO OTHER DESIGNS. MOST OF THESE CLUBS HAVE A CORD LANYARD SO THEY ARE USUALLY PIERCED. THE OLDER ONES WILL SHOW CRUDE TOOL MARKS FOR MAKEING THE HOLE AS WELL AS WEAR, THE NEW ONES A HOLE FROM A DRILL BIT.

21st May 2010, 02:04 AM	#3
VANDOO (deceased) Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: OKLAHOMA, USA Posts: 3,138	THEY RANGE FROM 1800'S TO THE PRESENT. THE WOODEN EXAMPLE WITH THE MEASUREMENTS 12" BELOW IS A NEW ONE FOR TOURISTS. THESE NEWER ONES ARE USUALLY MADE OF A LIGHTER SOFTER WOOD THAT IS EASIER TO CARVE BUT NOT AS GOOD FOR A WEAPON. THE OLDER ONES THAT WERE ACTUAL WEAPONS ARE USUALLY RATHER PLAIN, THE ONES WITH FACES CARVED ON THE STRIKING END ARE MORE CEREMONIAL AND PROBABLY RANGE FROM 1920'S TO PERHAPS THE 1960'S. THERE ARE STILL SOME WELL CARVED EXAMPLES MADE BY EXPERT CARVERS BUT MOST ARE JUST FOR TOURISTS AND NOT VERY WELL DONE. THERE ARE QUITE A FEW EXCELLENT MAORI CARVERS BUT THESE DAYS MOST OF THEIR GOOD WORK IS DONE AS BONE AND JADE JEWLRY. THE CLUB SIZE IS USUALLY AROUND 10 TO 14.5 INCHES BUT A FEW OF THE SHORT CLUBS ARE 18 TO 21. THERE IS ONE PICTURE OF A SHORT CLUB THAT IS NOT A KOTATE, I WILL TRY AND COVER THE OTHER SHORT CLUBS LATER IN OTHER POSTS. THE OLDER KOTATAE SOMETIMES HAS A TIKI FACE CARVED ON THE END OF THE HANDLE AND THE TWO NOTCHES BUT USUALLY NO OTHER DESIGNS. MOST OF THESE CLUBS HAVE A CORD LANYARD SO THEY ARE USUALLY PIERCED. THE OLDER ONES WILL SHOW CRUDE TOOL MARKS FOR MAKEING THE HOLE AS WELL AS WEAR, THE NEW ONES A HOLE FROM A DRILL BIT.