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Description: | Two old rectangular labels near the base read E359. There is a hole through the pointed end, as for display purposes. 'TONGA' has been painted on the body of the paddle and there are smudges of white paint at various points. CULT unknown Tonga Polynesia The club has a short thick shaft, which tapers to a rounded leaf shape at the paddle end. It is decorated with a geometric pattern of zigzags and squares made up of scored lines, forming a chequered pattern. Though the club is in Tongan style, it has so far been impossible to match it to any known Tongan club. The geometric pattern is similar to those seen in Steven Phelps' 'Art and Artefacts of the Pacific, Africa and the Americas' p. 173, figs. 731 and 732. However, this club does not feature the small human and animal forms seen in Phelps, usually used to break up the pattern. The shape is similar to those featured in Phelps and in Kaeppler p. 213 fig. 430, however where the usual Tongan paddle-shaped club has its widest point approximately three-quarters of the distance down the leaf-shaped head, this club has a more regular symmetrical shape. Given these slight alterations it is possible that this club was made for the tourist market.
The Robertson catalogue attributes this club to 'William Hunter from Captain Cook' on unknown evidence. It may also be one of the 'War Clubs' featured in Laskey's 1813 account. | License: | http://www.hmag.gla.ac.uk/spirit/rights/ | Publisher: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Rights holder: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Subjects: | JEN : CLUB : HUNTER_ETHNO_2007 : UCOOK : : : | Source: | Hunterian Museum | Creator: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Identifier: | http://www.huntsearch.gla.ac.uk/cgi-bin/... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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