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18th July 2011, 07:07 PM
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Samoan Fa'alautalinga club
Here we are again playing dice with pictures. 18" long 6" wide. The "some kind of rope for grip" could put you off. Do I detect a nice patina to the wood and wear to the carved decoration? through blurry pictures? We will have to wait.
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18th July 2011, 10:20 PM
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"Rope" is likely to be woven coconut fibre.
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19th July 2011, 01:08 AM
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A Samoan Fa'alautalinga club... Not to be confused with the Flatulating Samoan Club, I might add.
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19th July 2011, 10:43 PM
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I am keeping my fingers crossed. For the time being here are two links to the same examples in a Samoan museum. The first link you have to scroll down to the clubs.
http://www.girr.org/vacation_diaries...007_diary.html http://www.ifj.edu.pl/~grebosz/galer...52328_Fiji.htm |
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20th July 2011, 03:40 PM
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Hi Tim,
saw this on eBay....decided not to bid as the binding looks too clean ...perhaps suggesting a souvenier  . Look forward to the pics when you receive it.Kind Regards David |
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21st July 2011, 01:03 PM
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To my great surprise it is an actual weapon. Also does seem to have some age. The coconut fiber cordage does appear clean looking to the naked eye. I am not worried about that. It is very nicely carved. You just have to take my word as to how good it is in the hand. Hard wood, hard edge fracture your sKull no problem. Obviously I will be removing the eye screw stuck in the handle by some numbskull. Hard to say what age but look how well it blends.
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