Unknown club for comment

kronckew · 12th April 2015, 06:29 PM

found this on e-pray, no one else bid. looks like a paddle club
that got bit by a shark

28 in.(71.1 cm.) LOA. couldn't find
anything similar here or on line. the pommel end looks familiar
but i can't place it. some small damage at the tip, looks like it
was stored tip down. baldric could have been added anytime.
last owner used it to hang the club. no other details till it arrives...

any ideas?

thanks in advance for your comments...

Tim Simmons · 12th April 2015, 06:48 PM

I was watching that. I am not sure what to make of it. I hope I might be able to come back with some info latter. It does look rather like a dance club but it does appear to be reasonably heavy as a weapon. I think the fact that it does not reflect age and hand use on the shaft, plus the blunting on the distal end that perhaps it is a dance club/wand. To me it looks like Oceanic work which is a horrible way to say things but we have no better, except South Pacific which could include the Antarctic.

kronckew · 12th April 2015, 08:17 PM

speculation rife on the penguin wars of antarctica pre contact. sadly the penguins civilization crumbled and they were found in a pre-stone-age society.
their only possessions from the past, a few clubs their legends say were carved by the gods.

anyway, here's a few more pictures: it does sort of look like there may have been a braided fibre binding on the grip in the past...

spiral · 12th April 2015, 10:51 PM

Not my field, but when I saw it something in the back of my head said Solomon islands...

Must have seen something that echo's that in book or hand at some time...

kronckew · 13th April 2015, 10:45 AM

that was my initial thought so i looked thru vanadoo's series of 'most desired oceanic clubs' series here w/o any luck. did a search on 'solomon' also w/o any success, tho some clubs has a similar pointy end, but stepped where it turned into the grip. i also wondered if it might be amazonian. no luck searching on that either. i'll think of it as 'solomon islands' for the moment.

(or as my antartic penguin club)

Maurice · 13th April 2015, 08:23 PM

The butt end and oval shaped shaft are carved the same as the paddle shaped war clubs from the Solomon islands.

12th April 2015, 06:29 PM	#1
kronckew Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Room 101, Glos. UK Posts: 4,186	Unknown club for comment found this on e-pray, no one else bid. looks like a paddle club that got bit by a shark 28 in.(71.1 cm.) LOA. couldn't find anything similar here or on line. the pommel end looks familiar but i can't place it. some small damage at the tip, looks like it was stored tip down. baldric could have been added anytime. last owner used it to hang the club. no other details till it arrives... any ideas? thanks in advance for your comments... Attached Images

12th April 2015, 08:17 PM	#3
kronckew Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Room 101, Glos. UK Posts: 4,186	speculation rife on the penguin wars of antarctica pre contact. sadly the penguins civilization crumbled and they were found in a pre-stone-age society. their only possessions from the past, a few clubs their legends say were carved by the gods. anyway, here's a few more pictures: it does sort of look like there may have been a braided fibre binding on the grip in the past... Attached Images

12th April 2015, 06:48 PM	#2
Tim Simmons Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: What is still UK Posts: 5,807	I was watching that. I am not sure what to make of it. I hope I might be able to come back with some info latter. It does look rather like a dance club but it does appear to be reasonably heavy as a weapon. I think the fact that it does not reflect age and hand use on the shaft, plus the blunting on the distal end that perhaps it is a dance club/wand. To me it looks like Oceanic work which is a horrible way to say things but we have no better, except South Pacific which could include the Antarctic.

12th April 2015, 10:51 PM	#4
spiral Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 1,712	Not my field, but when I saw it something in the back of my head said Solomon islands... Must have seen something that echo's that in book or hand at some time...

13th April 2015, 10:45 AM	#5
kronckew Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Room 101, Glos. UK Posts: 4,186	that was my initial thought so i looked thru vanadoo's series of 'most desired oceanic clubs' series here w/o any luck. did a search on 'solomon' also w/o any success, tho some clubs has a similar pointy end, but stepped where it turned into the grip. i also wondered if it might be amazonian. no luck searching on that either. i'll think of it as 'solomon islands' for the moment. (or as my antartic penguin club)

13th April 2015, 08:23 PM	#6
Maurice Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: The Netherlands Posts: 1,352	The butt end and oval shaped shaft are carved the same as the paddle shaped war clubs from the Solomon islands.