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Ethnology of Manihiki and Rakahanga

Figure 109. Weapons, short clubs (korare). a, Rakahangan club (drawn by F. Murray): 1, expanded blade, sharpened lateral edges do not meet in mesial edge; 2, curved end; 3, rounded shaft or handle; 4, proximal knob. b, Rakahangan club (C. 3019) of tou wood, 33.5 inches long: 2, blade with square end, ornamented with pearl-shell discs and triangles, incised along mesial edge with smaller circles, triangles, and nicks, 19.5 inches long, 4.2 inches wide at shaft junction and 4.9 inches wide at dis…

Figure 109. Weapons, short clubs (korare). a, Rakahangan club (drawn by F. Murray): 1, expanded blade, sharpened lateral edges do not meet in mesial edge; 2, curved end; 3, rounded shaft or handle; 4, proximal knob. b, Rakahangan club (C. 3019) of tou wood, 33.5 inches long: 2, blade with square end, ornamented with pearl-shell discs and triangles, incised along mesial edge with smaller circles, triangles, and nicks, 19.5 inches long, 4.2 inches wide at shaft junction and 4.9 inches wide at distal end, 1.9 inches thick between mesial edges, side edges blunt, abrupt shoulder at shaft junction; 3, shaft, 14 inches long, diameter is 1.5 inches; 4, proximal knob, 1.7 inches thick, transverse diameter is 2.4 inches; 5, end in section, with pearl-shell discs. c, short club (after Edge-Partington), 19 inches long: 1, blade narrower in middle and covered by four rows of pearl-shell discs; 3, short handle without knob.

Figure 109. Weapons, short clubs (korare). a, Rakahangan club (drawn by F. Murray): 1, expanded blade, sharpened lateral edges do not meet in mesial edge; 2, curved end; 3, rounded shaft or handle; 4, proximal knob. b, Rakahangan club (C. 3019) of tou wood, 33.5 inches long: 2, blade with square end, ornamented with pearl-shell discs and triangles, incised along mesial edge with smaller circles, triangles, and nicks, 19.5 inches long, 4.2 inches wide at shaft junction and 4.9 inches wide at distal end, 1.9 inches thick between mesial edges, side edges blunt, abrupt shoulder at shaft junction; 3, shaft, 14 inches long, diameter is 1.5 inches; 4, proximal knob, 1.7 inches thick, transverse diameter is 2.4 inches; 5, end in section, with pearl-shell discs. c, short club (after Edge-Partington), 19 inches long: 1, blade narrower in middle and covered by four rows of pearl-shell discs; 3, short handle without knob.