Pole club "bowai" ·  Fidji Islands · ID: 3034372

Description

wood, shiny brown patina, the beating zone decorated with incised zigzag patterns and notched ornaments, drilled hole, min. dam., fine cracks;
used as weapon in combat, if the need arose, a Fijian chief could deploy the “bowai” to “discipline” his wife.

The object Pole club “bowai” with the object ID 3034372 was last part of the auction 73rd tribal art auction at May 25, 2013 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 44.

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Comparing literature

Meyer, Anthony J.P., Ozeanische Kunst, Vol. I, Köln 1995, p. 316