Rootstock club "dromudromu" or "vunikau", 19th century
from especially heavy wood (mostly rootball and trunk of a young ironwood sapling), cracks, base
These massive clubs were used in armed conflicts.
H: 114 cm, H: 44,9 inch
Provenance:
Congregation of the Sacred Hearts (SS.CC.), Ghent, Belgium
Dutch Collection
Peter Willborg, Stockholm, Sweden (2006)
Lit.: Meyer, Anthony J.P., Ozeanische Kunst, Vol. II, Köln 1995, p. 470, ill. 541
Kaeppler, Adrienne, Polynesia, Honolulu 2010, p. 238, ill. 114 ff.
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from especially heavy wood (mostly rootball and trunk of a young ironwood sapling), cracks, base
These massive clubs were used in armed conflicts.
H: 114 cm, H: 44,9 inch
Provenance:
Congregation of the Sacred Hearts (SS.CC.), Ghent, Belgium
Dutch Collection
Peter Willborg, Stockholm, Sweden (2006)
Lit.: Meyer, Anthony J.P., Ozeanische Kunst, Vol. II, Köln 1995, p. 470, ill. 541
Kaeppler, Adrienne, Polynesia, Honolulu 2010, p. 238, ill. 114 ff.
Condition Report: See description
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