African & Oceanic Art | Antiquities - 8th June 2021

Lot 537

A Fiji root club Saulaki-ni-taci

Estimate £400 - £600 | Hammer £550

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Description

A Fiji root club Saulaki-ni-taci

Melanesia

with eight cut root nubbins and with remains of sennit binding,

98.5cm long.

Clunie notes taci means the sea or salt water, the name referring to the less knobbly headed saulaki popular in the coastal districts.