Arts of Africa, Oceania and the Americas | Antiquities Day Two - 18th September 2025
Lot 806
An unusual Fiji club
Estimate £1,000 - £1,500 | Hammer £1143
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Description
An unusual Fiji club
Melanesia
of tapered elliptical form with two bands of zig-zag carving to the edge of the slightly domed top, the carved zig-zag sectioned grip with a flared terminal having a concave butt with two holes for sennit attachment,
102.5cm long.
cf. James Edge-Partington. Ethnographical Album of the Pacific Islands, 1996, p. 98, no. 7.