Solomon Islands wooden war club

[colin henshaw]

Here are some images of more Oceanic clubs from different areas :-

Tonga
Maori (NZ)
Easter Island
Solomon Islands

The first three clubs have a basically similar spatulate form to mine. The last has a hooked form. Some clubs from aboriginal Australia are also of a hooked form, for reaching around aboriginal shields. The Solomon Islanders also had shields, but not the other islands mentioned. So could there be both shared origins and stand-alone evolution to meet circumstances, at play here ??