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Samoan Material Culture

Figure 308.—Types of coconut stalk clubs:

Figure 308.—Types of coconut stalk clubs:

Figure 308.—Types of coconut stalk clubs:

a, coconut stalk structural pattern, broad distal end (1) concave from side to side, blade diminishing gradually to shaft without any shoulder; b, coconut stalk club, subtype a without ribs on blade but one short rib (2) at junction with shaft, no shoulder, distal end (1) projects slightly outwards in the middle line, flared proximal end with suspensory lug (3); c, coconut stalk club in Bishop Museum (8934) subtype b with 2 straight ribs (2), one at distal end 5 inches wide, 2 inches thick in middle line, and 2.5 inches in depth; second smaller rib near proximal end; both ribs ungrooved, distal one carved with small triangles and proximal incised with parallel lines; distal end (1) straight and shoulders (4) a short distance below proximal rib; proximal end flared and with suspensory lug (3). Length of blade to shoulder, 21 inches; total length, 33.5 inches. d, Coconut stalk club in Bishop Museum (8697); subtype b, with straight ribs (2); distal end including rib, 4 inches wide, 1.5 inches thick in middle line and depth of rib, 2.9 inches; ribs five in number and all grooved to form points projecting 0.3 inch beyond lateral edge of blade; the number of ridged points in each rib commencing distally are 9, 9, 8, 5 and 3. Distal end (1) straight; proximal end flared but suspensory lug broken off. Length of blade to proximal rib, 19 inches; total length, 43.5 inches. e, Coconut stalk club, subtype c with chevron ribs with apices proximal (2), arranged in five bands; distal end (1) concave; proximal end flared with suspensory lug (3); no shoulder; width of distal end, 3.5 inches; thickness in middle line, 1.75 inches; length of blade, 19 inches; total length, 40.5 inches. f, Club of subtype d with chevron ribs with apices distal, figured by Edge-Partington (10, vol. 1, 71, No. 5); ribs, 8 in number, grooved. Distal end (1) conforms to distal rib with slight projection outwards. Proximal end flared and has suspensory lug (3). Length,. 46 inches. g, Variant figured by Kramer (18, vol. 2, p. 216) in which the chevron ribs (2) alternate in direction of apices; shoulder (4) present; distal end (1), concave; proximal end flared and with suspensory lug (.3); narrow bands of sennit braid spaced on handle. h, Aberrant form figured by Edge-Partington (10, vol. 1, 69, No. 4), with thick distal end (1) of coconut stalk pattern repeated in a continuous series; proximal end flared and with suspensory lug (3); length, 38.5 inches.