Q2 CLUB TYPES OF NUCLEAR POLYNESIA. 
following the even inch of girth. We then find the number of pieces 
for each of the standardized girth dimensions (table 42). 
The largest of these measurements, 8.5 inches, occurs upon a Samoan 
mushroom club (ANSP 15743), with hexagonal section. It seems 
rather a ceremonial piece than an effective weapon. 
For purposes of comparison I append a few TABLE 42. 
measurements of objects in our own familiar use 
which may serve to adjust to our comprehension poise No. of 
somewhat better than figures the girth of these |(inches).| P**° 
weapons. 

In this list the end of the billiard-cue and the 3 14 
loom of the oar extend a resemblance more ee 
specious than real; one does not hold his cue with pe 89 19 
ver 6 5 
a full grip—not if he counts upon a good carom— 
and in the oar, when both hands are applied to 
the loom, they are used in the same sense and not in opposition, as 
in the double-handed clubs. In my own case (span to inches) I find 
that with the thumb and middle finger I can just succeed in making 
a complete grip over a billiard-ball, but that the muscular strain is 
such as to make that an impossible grip when one introduces the 
element of weapon utility; my effective complete grip is 6.5 inches. 

Inches. Inches. 
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Wallhingstick. (aves eens a Hockevisticks ace ny ae eee 4 
Broombhandiews: asec et cee 3 COLE Chg: fxs a eI Oe OR ROe ons, 
Bilkiardieues er ae eee 4.5 Bat: 
Handleof shovel... 3 access 4.5 GRID ah. tec ta eee AS 
Loctit OF 08% 0) ao et 6 Flange fi eile we wee 5.5 
Axe helve: Domed end 220r te. a ee 7 
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Tested upon a billet of exactly 9 inches girth, I find that with a single- 
handed grip I can hold the weapon with a gap of 1.5 inches between 
fingers and opposing thumb, but that this grip is not sufficient to 
hold up under the force of a blow. In the double-handed grip, how- 
ever, the billet of this girth is quite satisfactorily clutched. From 
the Mycenean weapons in the museum, all pieces intended for use 
with the single hand, we extract the data in table 43 as to haft. 
We shall next take up for more complete examination the end of 
the haft, the increase in the girth of the haft into a flange or a taper 
as conditioned by the space over which that increase is extended; the 
shape of the end, its added members if any, and its perforation. Some 
of these details can amount to no more than ornament; others subserve 
some more or less useful end and add to the value of the club at one 
