
94 CLUB TYPES OF NUCLEAR POLYNESIA. 
cent, or less than one-fifth. This gives us good ground for regarding 
the flange as characteristic of the Polynesian art of the clubwright 
rather than of the Melanesian Fijian. Its extension to Fiji will arise 
for later consideration when we have succeeded in setting apart other 
distinctions of the two race cultures. 
In our consideration of the treatment of the end of the haft we shall 
obtain an advantage by setting the information forth in tabular form 
(table 44), whereby the end of convenience in comparison may be 
served. 
TABLE 44. 
Perforation. 

Distri- 
bution. 
Domed 
knob. 
Cup- 
Flange ped: 
Cap. Lug.* 




COON. 
Onoo-: 
Inverted V. 
~ | Through stem 
i) 
SE 
Tonga 
Type. | 
| [2lal }2le 
18 13 & vo| & O| & 
2 : 3 < A : : S = 
4} 8] Si.) 2181 8)_./8/ 8)_.18] 8).18) 8) BF 8/8/12] 8) [a8) [ale 
5} 8| 5|5| 5] 8) 5/5) 8) 8 SSE S/S is] F) Sie eis] sis] jes 
BID || 4 jal) mine Bim In|e| & |} |e Al>IRIAlSTH/A 
Wilas c.seei rss 17]. Iz ” cae at oO} 6 
IVE ACO eaepei ac 4 os ae Oo Oo] o 
Talavalu...... 5 byl xt * , ee 4| 0 oN 
Lippedhowen. i] Pee ee hl A), oa coal Ad he Dae lle ya aa o| 2 
Crescentiiniee esha 326). OMe hsc il Ol: 2 Jes re) oO ea iam 
Biltletyo 2.0 23]..| 5/18]... 3] 4]..] 2 oO OF err bees 09/5 o| 1 2] 1 
Rootstock..... TOPs) Il PG|ine Ol} OL22 | 40 I oO} ati Emote o| oO Oo] O oOo] oO 
Pandanus...... Si..1..0| Sh. o}. Vo). ol 1 
Axe-bit ....... 3 Mie I 6 6 OR Nee re O|.. ot 4 ee 
Lapalapa...... 17|12| 2| o| x 2}. o}. o}. .f of %/; 2/14/1901 of... 9] o 1] oO 
Paddle,....)° 2). 23}. .|22]..|. 16]... o}. oO}. (rhe se aleelends echt Sel oS 
Serrated....... IO o| 9}. re) 4/9 o|.. ol ol o.. ol 1 
Mushroom..... 2 al. rT 2/0}. 2| o 
Horned 2 me ' Of). Ilo x bi 
Carinated..... 7 1}. oO o|..| 2/2 4| 2 ol o 
Stafl; ae cue 5]. 5h o}. oO}. se ee o| o 
‘otal. 2st h. 32/33/73} x1]20/21/13] of} 2/20f 1} 3} 17]°/1]°/6) 14/6}9/1f%/15]9/4}9/o}20] 2| 7Px4} x] sf 2] 5| 3 
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*Vertical 10, plane 21, tranverse 36, diagonal 8, V 15, inverted V 3, stem 2. 
Unless otherwise distinguished, the ends of clubs are cut square 
across, sometimes with a sharp right angle to the length of the shaft, 
sometimes blunted by use, other times rounded by the cutting tool. 
This does not appear a distinctive character, but there are other forms 
which call for attention. 
The first is the cupping of the end, a more or less shallow depression 
occupying all but a narrow rim at the edge. This is distinctively 
Fijian; it is not found at all in the Samoan material and but twice in 
Tongan pieces. In Fiji it occurs in two-thirds of the missile clubs, 
once decoratively at the end of an axe-bit and on 7 billets, and in this 
last type the two pieces 2488 and 2490 show this element so clearly 
