74 CLUB TYPES OF NUCLEAR POLYNESIA. 
Ornament: Shaft covered with close-set spiral cord of nassa shell wound 
over leaf-tie foundation. 
Length, 49.5 inches, of which blade is 19 inches. Circumference of haft 
(oval), 5.5 inches; of flat-topped knob, 7.5 inches. At 30.5 inches, transverse 
rib 0.5 inch thick, 1 inch wide. Shaft begins 
to merge at 4 inches above rib. Width at P 2690. 
rib, 12.75 inches; at 1 inch, 9.5 inches; at 12 (?) Samoa. 
: ; ‘ ; L. Myers- 
inches, 6 inches; at 15 inches, 5 inches. Gidwate 
Ornament: Grip of 8.5 inches band-and- Plate I, d. 
zigzag in longitudinal strips crossed by 2 
spirals of same and final strap of same. Blade decoration 
begins at point where shaft swells to merge into blade, its 
continuity under rib clearly indicated; on face of blade diamond 
panels carrying various combinations of band-and-zigzag. 
Nove: The author has seen this type of clubs in Samoa; cf. Kramer, 
“Samoa,” Vol. II, Bild. 79 6, with the label ‘‘Fidji-Keulen in Stuttgart 
mit Samoa bezeichnet,’’ proof that others have found the same 
attribution. 
Length, 36 inches, of which blade is 11 inches. Circum- 
ference of haft, 3.5 inches; of conical knob 
(frustum) at base, 4.5 inches, at top, 4 inches, P 2498. 
with height of 0.75 inch. At 25 inches, trans- ae eh 
verse rib 0.25 inch thick, 0.5 inch wide. Width ¢riped to New 
at rib, 7.5 inches; at 0.5 inch, 5.25 inches; at Caledonia). 
2 inches, 3.75 inches; at 9 inches, 2.87 inches. 
Shaft merges into blade at 1 inch above rib. Serration 
coarse, within 2 inches. 
Length, 45 inches, of which blade is 17 inches. Cuircum- 
ference of haft (oval section), 4.5 inches; of lightly domed 
knob, 5.5 inches, pierced at angle through 
edge. At 28 inches median rib 0.5 inch wide, rao 
0.25 inch thick. Shaft begins to merge into Gitn-oj1dman. 
blade 2 inches above transverse rib. Width 
at rib, 9.5 inches; at 0.5 inch, 7.5 inches; at 1 inch, 6.5 inches; 
at 3 inches, 5 inches; at 14.5 inches, 3.33 inches. Longi- 
tudinal angles strongly marked throughout. Serration very 
fine, within 1 inch. 

Length, 29 inches, of which blade is 9 inches. Circum- 
ference of haft, 2.75 inches; of knob, 3 inches. At 20 inches 
transverse rib 0.25 inch thick, 0.25 inch wide. Width of P>2 
blade at rib, 5.5 inches; at 0.5 inch, 4 inches; at 2 inches, Fi 
3 inches; at 8 inches, 1.67 inches. Shaft begins to merge into  Clark-Oldman. 
blade at 1 inch from rib. Serrations extend for 2 inches and Plate I, e (ac- 
appear on one flange toward the shaft. Median angular ridge roe number 
found in slight trace on one side of blade and adjacent shaft. ts 
Manuscript label (possibly autographic): ‘Fijian Club, Polynesian Islands, 
H. M. Denham, 1854.” 
Captain Denham, R. N., visited Fiji in 1854; author of the Voyage of the 
Herald. : 
Bic. 1. 
