Solomon Islands Club

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Solomon Islands Club
Solomon Island Club.jpg
Information
Weapon type: Club
Use: weapon
Region of origin /
author:
Solomon Islands , ethnic groups of the Solomon Islands
Distribution: Solomon Islands
Overall length: about 110 cm
Blade length: about 23 cm
Blade width: about 13 cm
Handle: Wood
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The Solomon Islands club is a weapon used by the ethnic groups on the Solomon Islands .

description

The Solomon Islands club is made of wood and has a long, round shaft with an oval face. The clubface is flat; it has thin and sharp outer edges. The lower end of the club is pointed. This type of club was used by ethnic groups in the Solomon Islands.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Leopold AD Montague: Weapons and implements of savage races (Australasia, Oceania, and Africa). Publisher "The Bazaar, Exchange & Mart" Office, 1921, OCLC 5346618 , p. 111.

literature

  • George Cameron Stone , Donald J. LaRocca: A Glossary of the Construction, Decoration and Use of Arms and Armor: in All Countries and in All Times. Courier Dover Publications, 1999, ISBN 978-0-486-40726-5 (reprint).

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