Throwing club "i ula drisia"
Fidji Islands
not available anymore
Provenance
Dunbar Sloane, New ZealandMark Eglinton, New York, USA
Size
L: 36,5 cm
L: 14.4 inch
Description
wood, softly luminous brown patina, delicate shaft with incised band ornaments in the handle zone, heavy bowl-shaped club head with deepenings, slightly dam., cracks, traces of usage.
Every Fidjian man would wear at least one “ula” thrust through his waistband, sometime in pairs like pistols.