LOOKS LIKE TWO GOOD OLD ONES MADE FOR USE NOT SHOW. CONGRADULATIONS!
THESE CLUBS FALL INTO THE CATAGORY OF SWORD LIKE CLUBS AS THEY CAN CUT AS WELL AS BREAK BONES. THE FORM HAS SHARP EDGES AND SOMETIMES HAS A SHARP TIP BUT THIS FORM FROM THIS AREA USUALLY HAS THE WIDE BLUNT TIP, AT LEAST THE OLD ONES I HAVE SEEN DO.
I AM NOT SURE OF THE TIME LINE OF THIS FORM OF CLUBS BUT SUSPECT THEY ARE PRE-CONTACT AT LEAST AS FAR AS EUROPEAN CONTACT AND THE ARRIVAL OF METAL TOOLS. SO ANY SIMULARITYS TO EUROPEAN WEAPONS IS PROBABLY COINCIDENCE, THE SHAPE OF THE POMMEL PROBABLY HAS SOME TRIBAL SYMBOLISM AND REPRESENTS SOMETHING FROM THEIR CULTURES BELIEFS.
MOST CLUBS ARE DESIGNED FOR BLUNT TRAMA AND BONE AND HEAD BREAKING. FIJI CLUBS RANGE FROM THROWING CLUBS TO BONE BREAKERS TO ONES TO POKE A HOLE IN A HEAD VERY EASILY. SAMOA HAS QUITE A FEW WITH ONE OR MORE ROW OF SPIKES ALONG THE EDGES DESIGNED TO POKE HOLES AS WELL AS BREAK BONES.
THE MAORI OF NEW ZEALAND FENCED WITH THEIR SHORT PATA CLUBS AS WELL AS THE LONGER TYPES OF CLUBS THEY ALSO HAVE SHARP EDGES DESIGNED TO CUT AND BREAK BONES. THATS JUST A BRIEF RUNDOWN ON CLUBS BUT THERE IS QUITE A RANGE OF TYPES AND PROBABLY MANY DIFFERENT FIGHTING STYLES.
THE GROOVE ON THE END PROBABLY HAD A WOVEN FIBER BAND TO HELP KEEP IT FROM SPLITTING AND SOMEWHERE I REMEMBER SEEING SOME FEATHERS OR SOMETHING ATTACHED TO SUCH BANDS AND READ THEY WERE TO WAVE AT YOUR ENEMY WHILE TAUNTING HIM. PERHAPS WHEN YOU DO YOUR RESEARCH IF YOU RUN ACROSS ANYTHING YOU CAN ADD THE REFRENCES HERE. MY MEMORY OF WHERE OR WHEN I SAW OR READ SOMETHING CAN ONLY BE CONSIDERED CONJECTURE UNTIL THE REFRENCES CAN BE FOUND AND NOTED.
