Paddle-shaped club - Tonga
wood, collection number "AJP" and " AM 029"
Its pristine condition suggests that it was a parade or ceremonial club used to symbolise rank and military power.
L: 127,5 cm, L: 50,2 inch
Provenance:
Anthony JP Meyer, Paris, France
Arno Henseler, Munich, Germany
Lit.: Phelps, Steven, Art and Artefacts of the Pacific, Africa and the Americas. The James Hooper Collection, London 1976, p. 172
Condition
See description
wood, collection number "AJP" and " AM 029"
Its pristine condition suggests that it was a parade or ceremonial club used to symbolise rank and military power.
L: 127,5 cm, L: 50,2 inch
Provenance:
Anthony JP Meyer, Paris, France
Arno Henseler, Munich, Germany
Lit.: Phelps, Steven, Art and Artefacts of the Pacific, Africa and the Americas. The James Hooper Collection, London 1976, p. 172
Condition
See description
