New Hebrides club?

colin henshaw · 8th June 2016, 08:12 PM

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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8th June 2016, 08:12 PM	#2
colin henshaw Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 1,429	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