African mace/club?

[christek]

Originally Posted by Tim Simmons

Yes, New Hebrides. A very nice club indeed but a common form, not taking any thing away because of that. It seems to be a form found on many of the Islands that make up present day Vanuatu. In "Ethnology Of Vanuatu, An early twentieth century study, Felix Speiser, Hawaii University Press" there are illustrated similar clubs that are recorded as being fron Malakula Island and Efate. Your club looks very much as if it is also from the very early part of the 20th century. Nice thing to have. If you cannot find room for????

Hi Tim,
Very interesting! Thank you for your reply. I now have even more information for the continued research of this piece. I think your opinion is almost spot on. As stated above, I know this club was owned by my family in the late 1940's, and when I was a kid (1980's) my grandfather told me it was very old and to look after it! It has been a dust collector in the attic for many years. Even though I have recently been only collecting swords, I thought it would be a nice addition to the collection.
Regards