Oceanic clubs

[Gavin Nugent]

Hi guys and gals,

Here are the images of these clubs now that they have arrived.

They are both king and queen ebony, being a mixture of Black (king) and Brown (queen) ebony.

Very smooth old wood patina, lovely to the eye and touch.

The larger looking club has a hilt of 20cms overall, being 8cms wide at the cross guard. The "blade" is 53cms long, being 6cms wide at the hilt and swelling to 8cms wide near the tip. The hilt it approx 3cms thick at the widest point and the blade is approx 2cms thick at the widest point with a lovely oval taper to the "cutting" edge.

The other has a hilt of 19cms long, cross guard of 8cms, blade 53cms long, being 4cms wide at the hilt and 8cms at the tip, the pommel is 4cms thick and the cross guard is 3 cms thick, the blade being 2cms thick at the hilt and 1.5 cms thick at the tip, again with a lovely oval cross section.

They are a devistating weapon and my appreciation for ethnographical clubs has grown considerabely upon handling these two.

Gav