ID club

Tim Simmons · 12th May 2022, 03:30 PM

I have had this club for many years. I did show it here well over a decade ago. So I am trying again just in case there is somebody with new info or something similar that might shed more light on the origin of this piece. 70 cm long with a decorated octagonal section 32 cm long. I suppose it could be called a pole club. It is not Fijian or Tongan or Samoan although the wood appears similar to those island clubs. I did entertain Vanuatu Islands for a short time but no or the Solomon islands. It is not African or Asian so I am left with the Americas. it is not North American. So maybe South America. Then I keep coming back to the similarity to some Oceanic wood? Then the zigzag decoration makes me think South American again. Not just Amazonian but also Argentina. If anybody has an opinion or knowledge please add.

Tim Simmons · 12th May 2022, 04:06 PM

This club from the American Museum Of Natural history data base is from Columbia and although 20cm longer, there is a similarity in form. I could just be persuading myself but it is worth looking at.
https://anthro.amnh.org/collections

Tim Simmons · 12th May 2022, 04:15 PM

Again from the Museum Of Amerindian database same people Columbia.. Quite interesting something about it similar?

https://americanindian.si.edu/collec...20America%2522

12th May 2022, 03:30 PM	#1
Tim Simmons Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: What is still UK Posts: 5,806	ID club I have had this club for many years. I did show it here well over a decade ago. So I am trying again just in case there is somebody with new info or something similar that might shed more light on the origin of this piece. 70 cm long with a decorated octagonal section 32 cm long. I suppose it could be called a pole club. It is not Fijian or Tongan or Samoan although the wood appears similar to those island clubs. I did entertain Vanuatu Islands for a short time but no or the Solomon islands. It is not African or Asian so I am left with the Americas. it is not North American. So maybe South America. Then I keep coming back to the similarity to some Oceanic wood? Then the zigzag decoration makes me think South American again. Not just Amazonian but also Argentina. If anybody has an opinion or knowledge please add. Attached Images

12th May 2022, 04:06 PM	#2
Tim Simmons Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: What is still UK Posts: 5,806	This club from the American Museum Of Natural history data base is from Columbia and although 20cm longer, there is a similarity in form. I could just be persuading myself but it is worth looking at. https://anthro.amnh.org/collections Attached Images

12th May 2022, 04:15 PM	#3
Tim Simmons Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: What is still UK Posts: 5,806	Again from the Museum Of Amerindian database same people Columbia.. Quite interesting something about it similar? https://americanindian.si.edu/collec...20America%2522 Attached Images