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Parrying club "roromaraugi" ·  Solomon Islands · ID: 3052416

Starting price EUR 1,000
Estimated price EUR 2,000
Provenance
Emil Storrer, Zurich, Switzerland
Size
H: 98 cm
H: 38.6 inch

Description

hardwood, traces of usage

The islanders of the southeastern region used a distinctive type of shield club, which was held in the left hand and maneuvered to deflect an opponent’s spears. Its upward-curving blade evokes the image of a diving fish with a prominent dorsal fin.


Comparing literature

Newton, Douglas (ed.), Arts of the South Seas, Munich, London, New York 1999, p. 270, ill. 4


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