Massive club "totokia" ("Battle-Hammer club") ·  Fidji Islands · ID: 3051955

Description

heavy wood, slightly dam.

The club head is modelled on the fruit of the pandanut tree.

These very “effective” clubs were used for close combat in the underbrush, to kill the wounded or for executions. Some chiefs valued these clubs so highly that they were buried with them in order to be properly equipped for their journeys in the afterworld.

The object Massive club “totokia” (“Battle-Hammer club”) with the object ID 3051955 was last part of the auction Auction 104 at April 12, 2025 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 172 achieved a sales price of EUR 1,200.

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