Assuming it is from Malaita, it might be worth checking out an article by David Akin "Malaitan Clubs", which is chapter 39 in Bolton et al. Melanesia: Art and Encounter.
I don't have the book: remember seeing it on sale in the B.M. bookshop and deciding not to buy it because I probably would never need to refer to it. One of life's little mistakes !
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