S.Seas-V- Early African clubs

Tim Simmons · 19th November 2008, 08:30 PM

This has been playing on my mind for some time. The values put on the stated items. I am amazed at the price put on the usual and frequently seen South Seas clubs. I can understand the value of truely old peices and those from outlying islands. But so many are NOT this. What I find interesting is African clubs from areas not explored untill the later part of the 19th century are some what poopooed and yet as has been documented from the first contact in the late 18th century S.Seas artifacts were made for sale into the 20th century. So some South Seas clubs are more plentiful and could well have been made for sale a good time before many small tribes in some African parts ever set eyes on a white man. Why, what is the discrepancy here?

19th November 2008, 08:30 PM	#1
Tim Simmons Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: What is still UK Posts: 5,843	S.Seas-V- Early African clubs This has been playing on my mind for some time. The values put on the stated items. I am amazed at the price put on the usual and frequently seen South Seas clubs. I can understand the value of truely old peices and those from outlying islands. But so many are NOT this. What I find interesting is African clubs from areas not explored untill the later part of the 19th century are some what poopooed and yet as has been documented from the first contact in the late 18th century S.Seas artifacts were made for sale into the 20th century. So some South Seas clubs are more plentiful and could well have been made for sale a good time before many small tribes in some African parts ever set eyes on a white man. Why, what is the discrepancy here?