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