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Massue "sali" ·  Îles Fidji · ID: 3050075

Vendu 1 700 €
Provenance
Hellmut Patzer, Silesia, Poland (acquired in the 1st half of the 20th century)

Description

heavy wood,

This club commonly referred to as a “gunstock” club by Westerners because of its supposed resemblance to a musket. The shape, however, is said to be based on the clawed sali flower, a wild banana-like plant.


Littérature comparée

Kaeppler, Adrienne, Polynesia, Honolulu 2010, p. 237, ill. 109


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