Fascinating book. Really just an early 20th century catalogue of the the material in the Pennsyvania University Museum, trying to bring some order to the collection of South Seas clubs. Printed 1917 but the English is very old fashioned even for then. The auther is humble enough to say that in some degree through lack of earlier study, oppinion is part of the corp of knowledge. To my mind there is one slight wobble which could be me reading between the lines ie -as the similar form is found in the Melanesian Solomons, {Melanesian may read as being thought of as lesser? than the Polynesian Samoan} it was introduced by travelling Niue people. There is no copyright on this publication. The club in the picture is longer but you can see the form is clearly the same.
P.S. the top script should be second.
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