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					Originally Posted by tom hyle
					
				 These seem to be European.  The device in question seems to be of Pacific wood??  Cricket, though also European, is widely distributed in the Pacific; is the use of such laundry paddles?  Note again the ridge to both handle and "blade", which these seem to lack.  Still looks like some kind of
 cricket bat to me.
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Hi Tom,
The thing that IMHO kills the Cricket Bat theory is the central ridge on the face. A cricket bat has a flat face so you can direct your shot. That would be nigh on impossible with a bat with 'two' angled faces. 
Best
Gene