A NICE SELECTION OF CLUBS WITH A GOOD RANGE IN AGE. THE TWO TOTOKIA (BEAKED BATTLE HAMMERS) SHOW THE TWO FORMS OF SPIKE SOME SAY THE BROADER CONE SHAPE PREDATES THE LONGER THIN SPIKED TYPE BUT I WOULD NOT KNOW . IT IS GOOD TO HAVE AN EXAMPLE OF EACH. THE OTHER ONE IN THE SET WOULD BE THE TUKI (BATTLE HAMMER) THAT IS THE EARLIER FORM WITHOUT A BEAK.
YOUR LONG BEAKED EXAMPLE IS UNUSUAL IN THAT IT HAS DESIGNS CARVED ON THE STRIKING FACE WHICH IS SOMETHING I HAVE NOT SEEN. IS THE CARVING ON THE GRIP THE STANDARD FIJI STYLE PATTERN OR A MORE COMPLICATED PATTERN? THANKS FOR SHAREING I LOOK FORWARD TO MORE
THE STAFFS SHOWN WOULD SERVE AS A WEAPON, SYMBOL OF ATHORITY AND TO STEADY ONE ON THE SLIPPERY JUNGLE TRAILS WHICH I CAN TESTIFY CAN BE QUITE STEEP AND TRECHEROUS ON HIGH ISLANDS.
WOMEN WERE OFTEN FORBIDDEN TO HANDLE WEAPONS IN SOME SOCIETIES BUT COULD HAVE SUCH A STAFF TO USE THE SAME WAYS AND ALSO AS A DIGGING STICK. THE EXAMPLES SHOWN ARE NICE ONES BUT I SUSPECT MOST WERE NOT AS NICELY MADE.