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Arts and Crafts of the Cook Islands

Figure 175.—Rarotongan medium and wide serrated clubs. a, Unfinished club: unserrated blade (1) and shoulder enlargement (2) for ornament; has enlargement at butt end of shaft for butt flanges of point. b, medium width blade with single flanged serrations, showing widening space between serrated flanges in upper part of blade. c, wide blade with long thin point. d, wide blade with four small carved panels in middle line of blade; lower part of blade not shown in figure; no shoulder ornament, bu…

Figure 175.—Rarotongan medium and wide serrated clubs. a, Unfinished club: unserrated blade (1) and shoulder enlargement (2) for ornament; has enlargement at butt end of shaft for butt flanges of point. b, medium width blade with single flanged serrations, showing widening space between serrated flanges in upper part of blade. c, wide blade with long thin point. d, wide blade with four small carved panels in middle line of blade; lower part of blade not shown in figure; no shoulder ornament, but six carved panels similar to those on blade encircle shaft 18 inches from butt; sharp butt point with five four-pointed flanges (fig. 177, m). e, wide blade with triple-flange serration in upper half of blade and double-flange serration in lower half. Measurements in millimeters. Museum no. Length Width Shaft blade total greatest least a Fuller coll. (325) 2,100 154 75 b Fuller coll. (322) 1,800 2,350 104 54 40 × 32 c Cambridge Univ. Mus. (1907-64) 2,898 d Oldman coll. (445-b) 1,074 2,517 196 e Peabody Mus., Salem (E.20643) 1,256 2,704 231 68 39 × 32

Figure 175.—Rarotongan medium and wide serrated clubs. a, Unfinished club: unserrated blade (1) and shoulder enlargement (2) for ornament; has enlargement at butt end of shaft for butt flanges of point. b, medium width blade with single flanged serrations, showing widening space between serrated flanges in upper part of blade. c, wide blade with long thin point. d, wide blade with four small carved panels in middle line of blade; lower part of blade not shown in figure; no shoulder ornament, but six carved panels similar to those on blade encircle shaft 18 inches from butt; sharp butt point with five four-pointed flanges (fig. 177, m). e, wide blade with triple-flange serration in upper half of blade and double-flange serration in lower half. Measurements in millimeters.

Museum no. Length Width Shaft
blade total greatest least
a Fuller coll. (325) 2,100 154 75
b Fuller coll. (322) 1,800 2,350 104 54 40 × 32
c Cambridge Univ. Mus. (1907-64) 2,898
d Oldman coll. (445-b) 1,074 2,517 196
e Peabody Mus., Salem (E.20643) 1,256 2,704 231 68 39 × 32