Club "bowai" ·  Fidji Islands · ID: 3036871

Description

wood, shiny brown patina, black spots, the beating zone decorated with incised zigzag patterns and notched ornaments, min. dam., small missing parts, fine cracks, slight traces of abrasion;
used as weapon in combat, if the need arose, a Fijian chief could deploy the “bowai” to “discipline” his wife.

The object Club “bowai” with the object ID 3036871 was last part of the auction 77th tribal art auction at June 28, 2014 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 70.

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Comparing literature

Meyer, Anthony J.P., Ozeanische Kunst, Vol. I, Köln 1995, p. 316