Rootstock club "dromudromu" or "vunikau", 19th century · Fidji Islands · ID: 3046478
sold
EUR 2,000
Provenance
Congregation of the Sacred Hearts (SS.CC.), Ghent, BelgiumDutch Collection
Peter Willborg, Stockholm, Sweden (2006)
Size
H: 114 cm
H: 44.9 inch
Description
from especially heavy wood (mostly rootball and trunk of a young ironwood sapling), cracks, base
These massive clubs were used in armed conflicts.
The object Rootstock club “dromudromu” or “vunikau”, 19th century with the object ID 3046478 was last part of the auction 94th Tribal Art Auction at March 7, 2020 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 6 achieved a sales price of EUR 2,000.
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Comparing literature
Meyer, Anthony J.P., Ozeanische Kunst, Vol. II, Köln 1995, p. 470, ill. 541 Kaeppler, Adrienne, Polynesia, Honolulu 2010, p. 238, ill. 114 ff.