Massive club "sali" with knob-like design · Fidji Islands · ID: 3051949
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Provenance
Alexander Kubetz, Munich, GermanySize
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.
Comparing literature
Kaeppler, Adrienne, Polynesia, Honolulu 2010, p. 237, ill. 111