Mid 18thC FIJI PINEAPPLE CLUB. TOTOKIA. Start Price GBP 650.00 Current Price GBP 650.00 Time Left - Bid Count 0 Buy It Now Price - Reserve Price - Start Time Saturday, June 28, 2008 End Time Saturday, July 05, 2008 Location Walton on Thames See more about 'Mid 18thC FIJI PINEAPPLE CLUB. TOTOKIA. ' Description mid 18th century FIJI TOTOKIA OR BEAKED HEAD BATTLE HAMMER, circa 1750 commonly called a pineapple club, the 27 inch shaft with a phallic end, the head 4 inches across at the widest point. Nice patina and a very early example, more primitive that the 19th century examples.overall 31 inches (675yyo) Clunie in Fijian Weapons and Warfare says, "It was designed to drive or peck a neat hole through the enemy's skull, the weight of the bulky head being concentrated in the point of the beak.  These clubs were much carried by chiefs in both life and death and according to tradition were particularly favored for murder and in skirmish warfare in thick bush, the heavy head driving the beak through the skull without a long warning swing likely to alert the target or catch on undergrowth.  These clubs were also used in open battle, to kill wounded enemies, to execute offenders, and sometimes to severley beat social criminals about the body." The totokia, or beaked battle-hammer, is often described as “the most Fijian” of all war clubs. It is also called the “Pandanus-type” club, because the head resembles the Pandanus fruit. The weight of the club is concentrated at the beak point, allowing the warrior to drive a neat hole through an enemy’s skull. If used correctly, the totokia could puncture the scull without collapsing it. Specialist craftsmen, called matai, carved the clubs from a single piece of wood using simple tools such as stone adzes, hardwood hammers, and shell scrapers. Young ironwood (nokonoko) trees were trained to grow parallel to the ground to create the totokia’s elegant curve, the root was carved to make the beaked head Place a Bid!