Samoa? Tonga? Clubs.

[Shakethetrees]

I just "unearthed" these from among some stuff I have packed away for an ongoing move. I obtained the lighter colored, older one about twenty years ago from an estate sale, the darker one was picked up in either Tennessee or Kentucky a few years after the first one.

My thoughts are that the lighter one is possibly 19th century due to its somewhat primitive workmanship and patina. Both have surfaces that were finely carved in a manner that some Fijian clubs were, which were referred to as "houndstooth" by a dealer years ago.

The darker, heavier one appears to possibly be mid 20th century, but I could be wrong about that.

My attribution of Samoa or Tonga is tentative based on studying auction and dealer catalogs, as well as the venerable Oldman catalog, but I'm sure that there are errors in these old sources, and new discoveries that may update what I believe I know.