76 CLUB TYPES OF NUCLEAR POLYNESIA. 
Length, 24.25 inches. Circumference of haft, 3.5 inches; elegantly finished 
flat knob nearly square, 5.67 inches perimeter; angles continuous throughout; 
midrib not present on blade. At 17 inches (circumference 4 inches) 
blade begins to swell; at 22.5 inches, width of blade 8 inches; (Sep 
height of arc between cusps, 1.75 inches; maximum thickness of Olan 
blade, 1.25 inches, tapering to cusps. 
Ornament: Inlay of 14-pointed star of cachalot ivory at end of knob and 
17-pointed star at center of end of blade. Except for the knob and the end of 
blade, surface completely covered with band-and-zigzag pattern. Grip 5.5 
inches longitudinal band-and-zigzag, ending in a single transverse band. Shaft 
from grip to 14.5 inches diamond pattern of double band-and-zigzag with 
sinistral spiral of triple band-and-zigzag making 2.5 turns, alternating with 
similar spiral of double band-and-zigzag. Above point of ending of triple 
spiral 2 complete diamonds of double band-and-zigzag. Face of blade occupied 
by trapezoid of zigzag, with triple band continued in 2 diamonds to edge 
of club nearest shaft of same type, and other 2 triangles occupying each cusp 
respectively filled with double band-and-zigzag. 
Length, 38.5 inches. Circumference of haft, 4.5 inches; of flat knob, 
5.5 inches. Haft angular throughout; knob neatly squared; haft flattening 
to circumference of 7 inches and thickness of 1 inch at point where 
median ribs begin. Median ribs continuous from handle to end, ae d. 
to inches long, 0.12 inch wide, 0.12 inch thick. At 7 inches from (Tones: 
beginning of median ribs, 14 inches. Height of arc at end of club above line 
drawn between cusps, 3.25 inches. Width at beginning of median ribs, 
1.75 inches, tapering to cusps. Flat faces of blade flaring from haft to end. 
Ornament: Ties of sennit of 3 parts at base of knob, at 1, 3.5, 6, 9.5, and 
12.5 inches along shaft, as shown by stains. 
Club repaired by original owner, as shown by gum derived from the berries 
of Cordia aspera and by the employment of V-holes, of which 2 are found on 
one face at each end of break and 1 in center of break on other face. 
Length, 34 inches, of which 12 inches is blade. Circumference of haft, 
4 inches; rounded knob, 5.5 inches; at beginning of blade, 4.75 inches; section 
of haft diamond-shaped. Blade reinforced on each face by 
longitudinal rib in center 0.25 inch wide, 0.12 inch thick, ter- P 2500. 
minating 0.25 inch from end. Width of blade at 9.5 inches, Tonga. 
Clark-Oldman. 
12.5 inches; height of end arc, 3 inches along median rib above pjate I, h. 
cusp secant; thickness at end, 0.25 inch, fining to 0.12 inch 
at cusps. Curve of cutting-edges developing smoothly from beginning of 
blade to cusps. Flat faces of club flaring from haft to end. 
Ornament: None. 
MUSHROOM TYPE (FA‘ALAUTALIGA). 
Plate I, g; IV, 4, 5; Kramer, 213-77 d, 214-80. Provenience: Samoa. 
While of the same general type as the crescent clubs, this distinc- 
tively Samoan type exhibits marked dissimilarities in the head and 
shaft. The curves of the head are of a different order; the edges are 
not sharp; the cusps are less effective for the pecking blow. It is clear 
that the value of this weapon lay in its force of impact. The shaft is 
sharply angled throughout. ‘There are here two species of the type 
and each is represented in the plates of this volume and in Kramer’s 
