Tribal Art & Antiquities - 20th September 2016
Lot 516
A Fiji kiakavo
Estimate £300 - £400 | Hammer £380
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Description
A Fiji kiakavo, spurred club
Polynesia
wood, with a medial ridge to the terminal and a spur, the curved underside with rough incised finish, with a flanged butt.
90cm long.
Provenance
By repute presented to Gwynfor Bowen-Jones by Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara at a yaqona (kava) ceremony on Suva.
Bowen-Jones worked in Fiji in the mid 20th century for Fijian Sugar Corporation.