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Massive club "sali" with knob-like design ·  Fidji Islands · ID: 3051949

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Provenance
Alexander Kubetz, Munich, Germany
Size
L: 104 cm
L: 40.9 inch

Description

heavy wood,

This club commonly referred to as a “gunstock” club by Westerners because of its supposed resemblance to a musket. The shape, however, is said to be based on the clawed sali-flower of a species of banana-like plant.


The object Massive club “sali” with knob-like design with the object ID 3051949 was last part of the auction Auction 104 at April 12, 2025 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 170.

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Comparing literature

Kaeppler, Adrienne, Polynesia, Honolulu 2010, p. 237, ill. 111


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