Printed from Woolley & Wallis

Description

‡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.