Throwing club "i ula drisia" · Fidji Islands · ID: 3039018

Name: Throwing club "i ula drisia"
SKU: 3039018
Availability: Discontinued

not available anymore

Size

H: 41 cm

H: 16.1 inch

Description

wood, slightly shiny brown patina, delicate shaft, heavy bowl-shaped club head, banded decor with zigzag ornaments, min. dam., cracks, missing parts, slight traces of usage;
every Fidjian man would wear at least one “ula” thrust through his waistband, sometime in pairs like pistols. In 1884 the Reverend Thomas Williams pointed out the throwing club was a favourite murder and assassination weapon mainly because it was such a part of everyday dress that it did not arouse or excite any suspicion.

The object Throwing club “i ula drisia” with the object ID 3039018 was last part of the auction 80th Tribal Art Auction at June 27, 2015 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 53.

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