War club "sali" ·  Fidji Islands · ID: 3034529

Description

wood, reddish brown patina, round handle zone, the corpus flattened and slightly curved, provided with sharp edges and projection, notched triangular ornaments with remains of indigo blue pigment, incised characters “RU…” (unreadable), slightly dam., missing parts (tip, base of the handle);
massive club called “sali”, after the clawed flower of the banana-like Sali plant of the Musa species.