Cali, finely carved wooden club with a spur, Fiji Islands,...
Cali, finely carved wooden club with a spur, Fiji Islands, first half of the 19th century, patina from use, earlier indigenous restorations, fragment of a label, L. 109 cm. Comparable example: Ligabue Collection, Venice, reproduced on p. 202, no. 65 in “Power and Prestige: The Art of Pacific War Clubs,” published by SKIRA, Musée du Quai Branly, Jacques Chirac.
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Cali, finely carved wooden club with a spur, Fiji Islands, first half of the 19th century, patina from use, earlier indigenous restorations, fragment of a label, L. 109 cm. Comparable example: Ligabue Collection, Venice, reproduced on p. 202, no. 65 in “Power and Prestige: The Art of Pacific War Clubs,” published by SKIRA, Musée du Quai Branly, Jacques Chirac.
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