Club "gugu" · Fidji Islands · ID: 3043852
sold
EUR 1,500
Size
L: 81 cm
L: 31.9 inch
Description
wood, pigment,
This form of club, mistakenly called “lotus club”, in fact has its head modelled on a type of river fish named “gugu” or “tivitivi”. Such clubs are considered to come from the interior of Viti Levu and to have been a special club for use in dances rather than combat. For a club of the same type see Hooper, 2016, ill. 238.
Comparing literature
Steven Hooper, Fiji, Sainsbury 2016, p. 256, ill. 238