African & Oceanic Art | Antiquities - 08 Jun 2021
‡A Tonga pole club powai
‡A Tonga pole club powai
Polynesia
of tapering form with all-over carved decoration of zig-zags, lines, dots and glyphs including seven figures and three birds and an inset marine ivory segment, the flat top with four further figure glyphs within a dotted circle cross motif, the butt with the remains of a suspension loop, early 19th century,
80.5cm long.