20 CLUB TYPES OF NUCLEAR POLYNESIA. 
The difference between the circumference of the butt and of the haft, 
which is to be understood in an additive sense in reference to haft 
measurement, should be instructive in regard of the general shape of 
this type of club. ‘These figures are given in table 5. 
From table 5 it appears that 14 pieces show an increase of between 
1 and 2 inches, 4 of between 2 and 3 inches, 1 of 3 inches, 3 of between 
4 and 5 inches. The single piece (3780 a) which exhibits the negli- 
gible difference of a quarter inch might quite as properly be classed 
with the staves. 
The end of the haft offers several interesting points. The first 
which strikes the eye is the presence of a flange; this may be seen in 
Plate III m upon a club of another type. A flange is understood to 
be an enlargement of the extreme end of the haft on the proximal side 
of the grip, a sudden swelling within approximately the last inch. 
When the smallest diameter of the haft is at some distance from the 
end and the increase is gentle it has seemed better to describe it as a 
flare rather than as a flange, as has been done in P 3186. ‘The flange 
is found in 7 clubs of this group—3184, 3147 a, 2267, 3144, 3185, 
3186, and 3143. 
The second point to be noted of the haft end is the shape, three 
forms being distinctly observed. The form which exhibits the least 
artifice is where the end of the haft is merely cut square across the 
shaft, found in 2265, 3177, 2492, 3147, 3780 d, and 3780e. A specific 
variety in this form is distinguished by a shallow cupping of the end, 
as in 3184, 3144, 3185, 3186, 3143, 2491, 2488, 2489, and 2490. Some 
relation appears to subsist with reference to the element of flanging; 
all but two of the flanged clubs have the cupping, while only 3 out of 
15 unflanged clubs possess this detail and 2 of these are cupped in a 
most unusual form. A further relation has to do with the other end 
of the club, for of the cupped clubs but 1 (3184) is associated with the 
square-cut butt, while the remaining 6 show the domed butt. 
The third point noted of the haft end is the perforation. Two 
devices are found for the formation of the orifice through which may 
be passed the becket of sennit for the suspension of the weapon at 
home. ‘The simplest form is a hole drilled diagonally from the head 
near the edge to the haft near the head, and in this collection are 
several cases in which the remaining septum of wood has worn through, 
destroying the usefulness of this type of perforation. A variety of 
the diagonal perforation showing one orifice on the head and two on 
the haft will present itself for consideration in a group later to come 
under examination. Somewhat more of artistry characterizes the 
second form of perforation. ‘This is found on the end without any 
holing of the haft, two perforations drilled at such an angle as to meet, 
in some cases forming a distinct angle beneath the surface, in others 
cunded by the use of a file made of a strip of the skin of the ray. The 
