Figure 311.—Bilateral toothed clubs (fa'alaufa'i):

a, Structural pattern likened to banana leaf (laufa'i), with end point (1) and shoulder (2), conforming to leaf pattern. b, Bilateral-toothed club in Bishop Museum (L. 1512); total length, 34.5 inches; blade length, 19.5 inches; width, distal end, 3.5 inches; thickness, 1.1 inches. The point (1) and shoulder (2) are defined as a result of cutting continuous V-shaped nicks from the first nick (3) to the lowest (4) on the sides of a structural pattern such as (a). The slight bevelling of the teeth does not meet to form sharp edges and hence does not necessitate bevelling of the blade. The proximal end is not flared but a curved lug without perforation is present. The club is thus unfinished and illustrates the simple type of teeth which must form the technical precursors of the bevelled teeth used in the more typical clubs. c, Model in Bishop Museum, with marked increase of width at distal end; the point (1) and shoulder (2) are present, with bevelled close-set teeth (3) forming bevelled angles; sides of distal point slightly concave. (See Plate LI, A, 4.) d, Aberrant form figured by Edge-Partington (9, vol. 1, 72, No. 2), made evidently from the banana leaf pattern with distal point (1) and shoulder (2) but with seven bevelled points (3) on either side spaced like the spikes of the talavalu club.