Pole club "bowai"

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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.

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Comparing literature

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

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