Club-wood
Production date
Pre 1983
Country
Samoa
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Object detail
Description
Register description: Club-wood, NIFO'OTI. L960mm
Classification
INDIGENOUS CULTURES
ARMS & ARMOUR WEAPONS
ARMS & ARMOUR WEAPONS
Maker
Production date
Pre 1983
Production place
Measurements
L.960mm
Media/Materials description
Wood, plant fibre
History and use
This nifo’oti type club is characterised by the hook at one end of its blade. Indeed, the name nifo’oti translates as ‘tooth at the end.’ This particular style of club is unique to Samoa and is believed to have originated as an imitation of the European steel billhooks (an agricultural tool) that were traded widely throughout the Pacific in the 18th and 19th Centuries.
This example was donated to Queensland Museum in the 1980s.
This example was donated to Queensland Museum in the 1980s.
Registration number
E12172
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