War club "bowai" ("povai")

Tonga

sold EUR 400

Provenance

Johann F. Gustav Umlauff (1833-1889), Hamburg, Germany
Holger 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.

van Duuren, David & Tristan Mostert, Curiosities from the Pacific Ocean, Leiden 2007, p. 67

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