Supi (weapon)

The supi is a war club of the Solomon Islands.

Uses

Cut from iron wood, its diamond shaped head is specific to the Solomon Islands.^[1] About thirty centimetres long, it has a carved striking head with well-marked ribs. It is native to Malaita island.^[2] Besides its common name of supi, it can sometimes be referred to as a supe or subi.^[3] Some were carved from whale bones.^[4] The handle was sheathed with coconut fibre braiding, sometimes engraved or inlaid with shells. Some, carved with a crocodile face at their end, were reserved for the tribes chiefs.^[5]

References

^ Ethnologia Cranmorensis - Volumes 1 à 4, 1937, p.61
^ Deborah Waite, Kevin Conru, Art of the Solomon Islands, 2008, p.118
^ Deborah Waite, Artefacts of the Solomon Islands in the Julius L. Brenchley Collection, 1987, p.39
^ Charles Elliot Fox, Grafton Elliot Smith, The Threshold of the Pacific: An Account of the Social Organization, Magic and Religion of the People of San Cristoval in the Solomon Islands, A.A. Knopf, 1924, p.188
^ L’éclat des ombres. L’art en noir et blanc des îles Salomon [1]

Bibliography

Anthony JP Meyer, Oceanic Art, Könemann, 1995.

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[1] Ethnologia Cranmorensis - Volumes 1 à 4, 1937, p.61

[2] Deborah Waite, Kevin Conru, Art of the Solomon Islands, 2008, p.118

[3] Deborah Waite, Artefacts of the Solomon Islands in the Julius L. Brenchley Collection, 1987, p.39

[4] Charles Elliot Fox, Grafton Elliot Smith, The Threshold of the Pacific: An Account of the Social Organization, Magic and Religion of the People of San Cristoval in the Solomon Islands, A.A. Knopf, 1924, p.188

[5] L’éclat des ombres. L’art en noir et blanc des îles Salomon [1]

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