Club, Tongan Islands

Club, Tongan Islands
apa'apai
length 52 3/4in (134cm)

Provenance
Christie's, London, 4 March 1979, Lot 97
Richard I.M. Kelton Collection, Marina del Rey, California

Carved from hard wood, the rounded diamond-form shaft gradually flattening towards the rounded top with a scalloped surface on each side and four groups of transverse ridges; decorated throughout with very fine and faint incised geometric patterns; glossy dark-brown patina with evidence of significant age with an old loss to the butt.