War club "sali"
Fidji Islands
not available anymore
Provenance
French CollectionSize
L: 99 cm
L: 39.0 inch
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.