Club

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Description

wood, matt shiny reddish brown patina, slightly curved form of the used branch recognizable, simple form, min. dam., cracks;
this varnish sheen was achieved using shells and quartz fragments to rub down the grain of the wood, then smoothened with a plant rich in silicic acid.

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Comparing literature

Newton, Douglas (ed.), Arts of the South Seas, Munich, London, New York 1999, p. 305

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