Club ‘akau-ta
wood, Tonga, l. 78 cm, w. 9 cm, Hanover 1854, No. 17
Forster Register A.4: ‘4 four-edged [clubs] from the friendly islands’
The club is made of brown wood with a handle that is round in cross-section. Towards the upper end, it increases slightly in size and becomes rhomboid. The upper part is separated from the handle by a pair of bulged rings. The club lacks any ornamentation. The end of the handle is pointed. Inken Köhler, Ulrike Rehr, Gundolf Krüger