Club · Niue Island · ID: 3039151
Description
wood, small remains of brown patina, round handle zone, club head in shape of a sword blade, long drawn-out and slightly curved, with raised middle ridge on both sides, plant fibre cuff originally attached in the middle section, rep. (broken piece fixed by nail), fine cracks, missing parts along rim, scratches, abrasion of paint, traces of old age
The object Club with the object ID 3039151 was last part of the auction 81st Tribal Art Auction at October 31, 2015 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 110 achieved a sales price of EUR 900.
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Comparing literature
van Duuren, David & Tristan Mostert, Curiosities from the Pacific Ocean, Leiden 2007, p. 65