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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 3rd December 2013, 09:59 AM
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It is a A Malakula (Malekula) or Ambrym Pig-killing club from Vanuatu

I've figured it out and found others including on this site. http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?t=13391
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 2nd December 2013, 02:38 AM
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Posted By elv
Pacific or African Club for ID

I bought this club as an unknown. The seller claimed it was from the Pacific but couldn't remember which island. My thought were possibly PNG or Solomon. The wood is very heavy. It is entirely...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 31st October 2012, 03:33 AM
Replies: 7
Views: 8,661
Posted By elv
You may like this even more.

The sennit-wrapped wooden bats are modeled on the three-sided Samoan war club called the "lapalapa," which are based on the stalk of coconut fronds. Bats are shaped to individual players' likings and...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 30th October 2012, 02:54 PM
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Views: 2,297,383
Posted By elv
More samoan photos

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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 30th October 2012, 03:59 AM
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Posted By elv
Nifo'Oti

I've done a bit of a study on photos that have been publicly available of Nifo'Oti (I've sighted eight early Nifo'Oti) and most of the early examples were manufactured by Joseph Beal & Sons in...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 30th October 2012, 03:36 AM
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Posted By elv
Photos from early Samoa

I have a particular interest in Samoa for a number of reasons.
1. Colonial conflict between the US, British and Germans in the Pacific brewed in Samoa.
2. New Zealand - (where I live) administered...
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