Throwing club "i ula drisia"
Fidji Islands
not available anymore
Provenance
Dunbar Sloane, New ZealandMark Eglinton, New York, USA
Size
L: 42,5 cm
L: 16.7 inch
Description
wood, reddish brown patina with traces of black paint, typical form, deepenings and cracks in the club head, abrasion of paint.
Of special interest are the fourteen notches cut into the shaft. Supposedly each indent was made for a person that had been killed by the “ula” club.