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VANDOO · 22nd January 2017, 07:18 PM

A NICE FIJI CLUB.

THE CLUB CLOSEST TO YOURS IN CLUNIE'S BOOK IS ON FIG. 3 CLUB E. IT IS A MIX OF TYPES AND HE GIVES IT NO SPECIFIC NAME BUT IT IS CLOSEST TO THE GATA CLUB FORM. THOUGH FIJI CLUBS DO OCCUR WITH THE LUG AT THE BUTT TO ATTACH A CORD IT IS NOT VERY COMMON, THERE ARE ONLY TWO SHORT POLE CLUBS WITH A LUG IN CLUNIE'S BOOK ONE IN FIG 11, ITEM F AND ANOTHER IN FIG. 18.
I ASSOCIATE THE PRESENCE OF THE LUG WITH TONGAN INFLUENCE IT IS COMMON ON TONGA AND SAMOA CLUBS. THE FORMS OF CLUBS SURELY OVERLAP THRU-OUT POLYNESIA DUE TO TRAVEL AND SETTLING OF THE ISLANDS BY DIFFERENT WAVES OVER A LONG PERIOD SO MANY VARIATIONS ARE POSSIBLE. YOU HAVE SOME OTHER NICE OCEANIC CLUBS AS WELL ONE IS AN INTERESTING MIX AS IT LOOKS LIKE SOLOMON ISLANDS/ MASSIM FORM.
TOO BAD YOU NO LONGER HAVE A SIX PACK OF THOSE OTHER CLUBS BUT I AM SURE THEY WERE ENJOYED WHILE THEY LASTED.

22nd January 2017, 07:18 PM	#3
VANDOO (deceased) Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: OKLAHOMA, USA Posts: 3,138	A NICE FIJI CLUB. THE CLUB CLOSEST TO YOURS IN CLUNIE'S BOOK IS ON FIG. 3 CLUB E. IT IS A MIX OF TYPES AND HE GIVES IT NO SPECIFIC NAME BUT IT IS CLOSEST TO THE GATA CLUB FORM. THOUGH FIJI CLUBS DO OCCUR WITH THE LUG AT THE BUTT TO ATTACH A CORD IT IS NOT VERY COMMON, THERE ARE ONLY TWO SHORT POLE CLUBS WITH A LUG IN CLUNIE'S BOOK ONE IN FIG 11, ITEM F AND ANOTHER IN FIG. 18. I ASSOCIATE THE PRESENCE OF THE LUG WITH TONGAN INFLUENCE IT IS COMMON ON TONGA AND SAMOA CLUBS. THE FORMS OF CLUBS SURELY OVERLAP THRU-OUT POLYNESIA DUE TO TRAVEL AND SETTLING OF THE ISLANDS BY DIFFERENT WAVES OVER A LONG PERIOD SO MANY VARIATIONS ARE POSSIBLE. YOU HAVE SOME OTHER NICE OCEANIC CLUBS AS WELL ONE IS AN INTERESTING MIX AS IT LOOKS LIKE SOLOMON ISLANDS/ MASSIM FORM. TOO BAD YOU NO LONGER HAVE A SIX PACK OF THOSE OTHER CLUBS BUT I AM SURE THEY WERE ENJOYED WHILE THEY LASTED.