War club "bowai" ("povai") · Tonga · ID: 3045258
sold
EUR 400
Provenance
Johann F. Gustav Umlauff (1833-1889), Hamburg, GermanyHolger Hofmann, Hamburg, Germany
Size
L: 86,5 cm
L: 34.1 inch
Description
wood, white pigment, collection number “20/73/UML”
Besides Tonga, this “billet-type” club is found on Fidji and Samoa.
The object War club “bowai” (“povai”) with the object ID 3045258 was last part of the auction 91 Tribal Art Auction at March 9, 2019 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 68 achieved a sales price of EUR 400.
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Comparing literature
van Duuren, David & Tristan Mostert, Curiosities from the Pacific Ocean, Leiden 2007, p. 67