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Old 8th June 2016, 08:12 PM   #2
colin henshaw
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Interesting clubs, especially the first one, I like them. Both could be New Hebrides, from their style ? New Hebrides clubs often had those thick fibre loops.

Could they be commissions by European sailors for use on "blackbirders" ? The New Hebrides natives suffered from the depredations of European ships looking for labour to work on the Queensland sugar plantations, in the 19th century. Just a guess

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