NAVIGATION

During the 19 th century the Islanders of the New Hebrides suffered extreme abuse at the hands of whalers and other traders , and they became known for their hostility . Their most famous victim was the Reverend John Williams , a Welsh Methodist missionary , 'The Martyr of Erromanga' who was killed in 1839 , and ever after commemorated in a 'Baxter' print .
Despite this , although inter tribal warfare was frequent on the Islands it took the form of ambushes and local skirmishes and there were few fatalities . A carved wood club such as this was the most favoured weapon .