CQ14 Woodlark Islands Massim Style War Sword Club

Item No.                 . CQ14

Description          . Woodlark Islands Massim War Style Sword Club. Collected by a ships captain just after Second World War. The sword-clubs were widespread and men carried them as an everyday item and were generally used as weapons for skirmish’s and brawl’s in village disputes. In pitched battles with outsiders generally spears and shields were used. See ‘Malinowski, B’ (1920) ‘War & Weapons Among the Natives of the Trobriand Islands’

Size                         .  70cm (   “)

Price                       . USD$225