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VANDOO · 22nd September 2010, 05:53 AM

I WOULD GUESS 1920'S THRU 1940'S. FOR THE B&W PLATE THERE WAS A LOT OF INTREST IN THE SOUTH SEA ISLANDS DURING THAT PERIOD. MANY STUDIES AND BOOKS BY ANTROPOLOGISTS FROM MANY COUNTRYS WERE DONE THEN AND QUITE A FEW EVEN EARLIER. MANY MUSEUMS PUT TOGETHER THEIR COLLECTIONS DURING THOSE EXPIDITIONS AND STUDYS. MANY ARTHORS ALSO TRAVELED AND WROTE ADVENTURE BOOKS DURING THAT ERA AS THE EXOTIC SOUTH PACIFIC WAS THE BIG ROMANTIC FANTASY IN THOSE TIMES.
NOT BEING ABLE TO HANDLE YOUR CLUB I CAN ONLY GUESS AS TO ITS AGE. IT WAS LIKELY MADE BEFORE WW2 ,BUT MAY HAVE BEEN BROUGHT BACK DURING OR AFTER THAT TIME. REASONS FOR THAT GUESS ON APPROX DATE. ARE PATINA ON THE WOOD, REMAINS OF WHITE LIME IN CARVED DESIGN. THE CLUB MAY HAVE BEEN MADE FOR USE WITH TWO HANDS AND THE PROJECTING THICKENED END THERE TO HELP THE BALANCE. THIS FORM OF CLUB WOULD HAVE BEEN USED FOR HIGH SPEED FENCING AND PARRYING LIKE A SWORD NOT JUST FOR BONKING.
THE SWORDS I HAVE MENTIONED WERE OF THE SWORD FORM AND WITH CARVED DECORATION TO THE STRIKING END BUT MANY QUITE DIFFERENT IN MANY WAYS.

22nd September 2010, 05:53 AM	#22
VANDOO (deceased) Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: OKLAHOMA, USA Posts: 3,138	I WOULD GUESS 1920'S THRU 1940'S. FOR THE B&W PLATE THERE WAS A LOT OF INTREST IN THE SOUTH SEA ISLANDS DURING THAT PERIOD. MANY STUDIES AND BOOKS BY ANTROPOLOGISTS FROM MANY COUNTRYS WERE DONE THEN AND QUITE A FEW EVEN EARLIER. MANY MUSEUMS PUT TOGETHER THEIR COLLECTIONS DURING THOSE EXPIDITIONS AND STUDYS. MANY ARTHORS ALSO TRAVELED AND WROTE ADVENTURE BOOKS DURING THAT ERA AS THE EXOTIC SOUTH PACIFIC WAS THE BIG ROMANTIC FANTASY IN THOSE TIMES. NOT BEING ABLE TO HANDLE YOUR CLUB I CAN ONLY GUESS AS TO ITS AGE. IT WAS LIKELY MADE BEFORE WW2 ,BUT MAY HAVE BEEN BROUGHT BACK DURING OR AFTER THAT TIME. REASONS FOR THAT GUESS ON APPROX DATE. ARE PATINA ON THE WOOD, REMAINS OF WHITE LIME IN CARVED DESIGN. THE CLUB MAY HAVE BEEN MADE FOR USE WITH TWO HANDS AND THE PROJECTING THICKENED END THERE TO HELP THE BALANCE. THIS FORM OF CLUB WOULD HAVE BEEN USED FOR HIGH SPEED FENCING AND PARRYING LIKE A SWORD NOT JUST FOR BONKING. THE SWORDS I HAVE MENTIONED WERE OF THE SWORD FORM AND WITH CARVED DECORATION TO THE STRIKING END BUT MANY QUITE DIFFERENT IN MANY WAYS.