62 CLUB TYPES OF NUCLEAR POLYNESIA. 
Length, 44.25 inches, of which blade is 16.5 inches; at 27.5 inches, strap of 
2 bands 0.25 inch thick, of which one merges in swelling of shaft; at 29 inches, 
strap of 5 bands; at 31.75 inches, strap of 7 bands; at 35.5 inches, 
strap of 9 bands; at 40 inches, strap of 9 bands. hak mud 
Shaft: 4 longitudinal angles continuous throughout; circum- Oana 
ference at haft, 3.75 inches, flanging to 5.5 inches; lug pentagonal, 
in plane of blade, pierced. 
Blade: End, 4.5 by 0.5 inch, cupped. 
Ornament: Stain of one tie. 
Length, 42 inches, of which blade is 14.5 inches; at 27.25 inches, strap of 
4 bands 0.12 inch thick; at 30.5 inches, strap of 6 bands; at 34.5 inches, strap 
of 7 bands; at 39.25 inches, strap of 9 bands. 
Shaft: Longitudinal ridges of blade rapidly deliquesce in shaft; P 2276. 
circumference at haft, 3.75 inches; lug semicircular, in plane of Oldewan! 
blade, perforated. 
Blade: Circumference, 4.25 inches at beginning; end, 4 by 1.25 inches, 
cupped. 
Ornament: Stains of 3 ties. 
Length, 39 inches, of which blade is 12 inches; at 27 inches, strap of 4 bands 
in 1.75 inches, 0.25 inch thick at edges; blank space 2.5 inches; strap of 5 bands 
in 2.5 inches; blank space 2.75 inches; strap of 5 bands in 2.25 Dine 
inches. i 
Samoa. 
Shaft: Circumference at haft, 4 inches, flanging to 4.5 inches; Oldman. 
lug triangular, full width, in plane of blade, perforated. 
Blade: Circumference at shaft, 4.5 inches; end 0.75 inch thick, worn but 
suggestive of cupping. 
Ornament: 3 ties of sennit, 5 coils in first and third, 3 coils in second. 
Length, 42 inches, of which blade is 14.5 inches; at 27.5 inches, strap of 
5 bands o.25 inch thick at edges; at 31 inches, strap of 8 bands; at 36 inches, 
strap of 10 bands; at 41.5 inches, strap of 3 bands forming end. p 366. 
Shaft: Circumference at haft, 4.25 inches, flanging to 5 inches; Tonga. 
end domed. (?Fiji.) 
Ornament: Herring-bone, band-and-zigzag, and basketry throughout. 
PADDLE CLUBS. 
Plate III, k, 1. Provenience: Samoa, Tonga, Fiji. 
In studying the Japalapa clubs we began with a group the bulk of 
whose head showed clearly that their lumber source was in the round 
of the trunk or branch. Gradually we passed to clubs of the same 
design in which the heads were wide but lacked thickness, a mark of a 
transition of lumber source to the plank. It is only on account of 
design that we have included such a piece as shown in Plate III, 7, 
among the /apalapa, inasmuch as it is evident that it was carved from 
a plank. 
Attention is renewed upon the amount of work which awaits the 
clubwright and his quite human endeavor to reduce that labor. The 
width of the head and of the clubs next to be examined will make it 
quite apparent that an enormous amount of cutting with very poor 
