MYSTERY TOOTHED CLUB

Bryan.H · 24th August 2013, 02:15 PM

Hi Vandoo,

From the photo's , my best guess-timate is that this weapon comes from the Marshall Islands, or perhaps Hawaii. This type of toothed club (for want of a better word), I know to have been made in both places. The distribution of this style could be more widespread, but my knowledge of this type of weapon is limited to these two places. The teeth look to be Tiger Shark.

The palm wood was / is used throughout Melanesia, Micronesia and Polynesia; both made locally and traded, so the palm wood it self, unfortunately, is not such a definitive material to locate artefacts of this kind.

I have wondered if such a tool could have been used by Pacific peoples for flensing stranded whales?...just a thought.

Cheers,
Bryan.

24th August 2013, 02:15 PM	#2
Bryan.H Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Australia Posts: 51	Hi Vandoo, From the photo's , my best guess-timate is that this weapon comes from the Marshall Islands, or perhaps Hawaii. This type of toothed club (for want of a better word), I know to have been made in both places. The distribution of this style could be more widespread, but my knowledge of this type of weapon is limited to these two places. The teeth look to be Tiger Shark. The palm wood was / is used throughout Melanesia, Micronesia and Polynesia; both made locally and traded, so the palm wood it self, unfortunately, is not such a definitive material to locate artefacts of this kind. I have wondered if such a tool could have been used by Pacific peoples for flensing stranded whales?...just a thought. Cheers, Bryan.