Zemanek-Münster

War club "dromudromu" ·  Fidji Islands · ID: 3037380

sold EUR 1,000
Provenance
Old British Collection
Size
L: 107 cm
L: 42.1 inch

Description

of heavy wood (mostly made from the rootball and trunk of a young ironwood sapling), massive form, the natural given branches forming burls around the clubs head, vertical bands with zigzag-ornaments in the handle zone, min. dam., fine cracks, slight traces of usage


Comparing literature

Meyer, Anthony J.P., Ozeanische Kunst, Vol. II, Köln 1995, ill. 541


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