African & Oceanic Art | Antiquities - 08 Jun 2021
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A Tonga club akau tau
A Tonga club akau tau
Polynesia, dated 1830
of tapering rhomboid form with four triple ribs and all-over zig-zag, lozenge and linear carving, the flat top engraved TONGATABOO. WAR 1830 CLUB.,
118.5cm long.
Provenance
Private Collection, Ireland (probably collected circa 1830 and thence by descent.)
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