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Although on my beam ends I have managed to score this rather nice looking club. Not huge 22 inches approx, which is the size as the two Amazon examples shown. I am only posting one picture but from the rest I believe there is some age to the piece, a very good chance that it is pre- WW2 . Other pictures seem to show some neglect to the wood. I am no wood expert but I have found that if wood has had some age and patina hidden by neglect it can be retrieved unless severely damaged. I will do some follow up when I have it. Interesting that headhunting increased on European contact.
Info link. http://australianmuseum.net.au/headh...islands-part-2 Headhunting in Roviana area stopped abruptly in the early 20th century as a result of colonial intervention. In 1909 Charles Morris Woodford, Resident Commissioner in New Georgia reported that headhunting had become largely ‘a thing of the past’. |
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hi Tim! You keep finding the good stuff! another nice find!
I'm not so sure about the age though, the inlay looks rather new from the pictures, could you post some close-up pictures ? Still like it though, there seems to be a lot of Solomon island clubs lately and i believe there is no good reference for them (if anyone knows one please share!) |
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At last it is here, UK customs can take what seems an age compered to travel time. Here are some daylight pictures. Does not have the patina I had hoped for but none the less it does have some age, certainly not antique in the strictest terms, even for the Solomons. However a handsome piece and very nice in the hand, shown with other clubs in the size range.
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Trying to capture the play of light on the shell.
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Form variation from AMNH.
https://anthro.amnh.org/anthropology...%2E1%2F%201411 |
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