66 CLUB TYPES OF NUCLEAR POLYNESIA. 
as on other face only as far as point of maximum width. Grip: right-hand 
spiral of strongly sculptured zigzag with double band for 12 inches to trans- 
verse strap of same element, whole grip covered with sinistral spiral of plain 
band 1 inch wide making 5.5 turns. Rest of shaft to rib divided by longi- 
tudinal bands into 4 panels: each panel contains 2 elements 2 inches long, 
1 inch wide, alternately in each direction; one element dextral spiral zigzag 
with double band, the other, triple herring-bone dextral, elements parted by 
plain band. First two elements on 2 adjacent panels of double length; in 
one the herring-bone pattern has but 2 units. Cross-rib: double band 0.25 
inch thick, ornamented with radial incisions on faces toward blade. Blade: 
face having ornate carina is divided by carina and transverse bands into 
18 proportionate compartments; bands of subdivision alternate between zig- 
zag with double band and plain band alternating in direction of length and 
width; each panel consists of band-and-zigzag dextral from bottom corner 
filled with sinistral element and the remaining space with horizontal of same 
unit. Other face divided by longitudinal band into distinct halves. Left 
half divided by zigzag and double band into 6 compartments, of which 1, 3, 
4, and 5 are filled with right-and-left employment of the element divided by 
plain longitudinal band, except 4, which is divided by zigzag and double 
band; compartment 2 has basketry of 2 elements, one consisting of 3 band- 
and-zigzag, the other coconut-leaf, together with a third stripe of band-and- 
zigzag alternately longitudinal and transverse. Right-hand side: panels 1, 
4, 5, and 6 as panel 1 left; panel 2 corresponds to 2 left, except that in two of 
its elements herring-bone replaces the coconut; transverse subdivision by 
zigzag and double band. 
Length, 43.5 inches, of which blade is 18 inches; cross-rib at 25 inches. 
Haft: Circumference, 4 inches, oval in section for 5 inches next blade, square- 
cut end with insert of 15-toothed cachalot-ivory plate. ere. 
Blade: Width, 5.5 inches at 9 inches from tip; thickness, Tonga. 
1.5 inches, not carinate. Oldman. 
Ornament: Grip, 8.5 inches longitudinal band-and-zigzag; Plate %; ro. 
sinistral stripe of band-and-zigzag 2 inches wide, 7.75 inches in one complete 
turn, to strap of 2 plain bands, followed by sinistral spiral same as before 
8.25 inches to 3 bands at cross-rib. Blade: 4 panels of same design flanked by 
9 half-panels; each element of design suggests coconut leaf, in which midrib 
is represented by distinct band, and leaflets pointing toward haft by single 
zigzag and double bands. 
Length, 42 inches, of which blade is 15.5 inches. 
Haft: Circumference, 4.5 inches, flanging to 5.5 inches; lug semicircular, in 
plane of blade. 
Blade: Width, 4.75 inches at 4 inches from tip; thickness, Beds le 
1 inch. : 
Ornament: Unfinished specimen blocked out ready for ornament; grip, 
longitudinal band-and-zigzag, finished; next section partly blocked out, 1 
stripe completed, 3 others begun. 
Length, 46 inches. 
Haft: Circumference, 4 inches, flanging to 5 inches, slightly domed; lug 
semicircular in plane of blade. 
Blade: Width, 3.75 inches at 2.5 inches; thickness, 1.5 P 3146. 
inches. Tonga. 
Ornament: 4 longitudinal bands haft to tip. No indica- Plate XIII, 53, 
tion of beginning of blade or grip. Shaft, band-and-zigzag 56; XV, 80, 108. 
longitudinal and transverse, herring-bone, and one panel 
of 4 longitudinal elements alternately diamond and unit of ovals with major 
