TYPES OF THE CLUBS. cen 
Length, 29 inches. Circumference of haft, 3.25 inches, flanging to flat 
knob 4 inches in circumference. At 9.75 inches, round shaft becomes oval 
with circumference of 3 inches. At this point begins on each 
face a longitudinal rib 7.5 inches long, 0.37 inch wide, 0.12 P.259- 
inch thick, meeting a transverse rib of same dimensions (ark-Oldman. 
convex toward handle. Width of blade on chord of the arc, 
7.5 inches, developing in smooth curves from shaft; width of blade, 7 inches 
to distance of 8.75 inches from transverse rib; end of blade semicircular, 
with radius of 3.5 inches; thickness of blade, 0.25 inch. 
No ornament. Very light black wood, with varnish of Bischoffia javanica. 
CRESCENT TYPE. 
Plate I, h; Kramer, 210 m, 213-77 f, 214 c. Provenience: Fiji, Tonga. 
This is a small group of clubs of extreme beauty of design, the three 
distinctive curves of the head being struck with great grace and pre- 
cision. The type is represented in the museuin by 3 pieces, and not 
TABLE 34. 
Piece No. | Piece No. | Piece No. 

2263 3186 d 2500 
(inches). (inches). (inches). 
Peerit hy tae k 24.25 38.5 34 
Hatt. vec . <.. ans 4.5 4 
WV AEBS acs ans es 8 14 12.5 
Thickness... ... 1.25 T7275 25 
very many are found in other collections, a satisfactory argument that 
it was a rare form in island use. ‘Two of the pieces are attributed to 
Tonga, one simply on the authority of the vendor, Oldman of London, 
one on the authority of the collector, E. S. Clark, who ranks as accu- 
rate, and this passed through Oldman’s hands also. One piece, pur- 
chased through Oldman, lacks attribution and authority of the collec- 
tor; it was accessioned with a suggested attribution to Tonga, but Fiji 
is quite as possible, for I have seen the type in that archipelago. 
Kramer figures a fine specimen at Stuttgart as attributed wrongly to 
Samoa, but I agree with him in this instance, inasmuch as Samoans 
have assured me that the club is Fijian and Tongan and was not in 
Samoan use. Itis a cutting club, for the curves arising from the shaft 
are sharp and the cusps form effective points for a pecking blow. The 
measurements of the three pieces are given in table 34. 
The dimensions of length and circumference of haft agree in making 
it clear that these weapons were designed for single-handed use. The 
ends of the hafts are finished in two pieces with a flat knob which is 
finished as a square; the third has a highly domed knob, as shown in 
Plate I. There is neither lug nor perforation. 
