Truk (Chuuk) Island Club

Truk (Chuuk) Island Club, Caroline Islands, 19th century, the long shaft with arrowhead butt, the latter part flaring out to a wider section, with central raised ridge and arrowhead end, the head inscribed in black ink, "Carolines N.B. Emerson Coll secured 1884 in Nomo. from Capt. Tarol," lg. 70 1/2 in.

Provenance: The Abraham and Paula Rosman collection, New York City; Kevin Conru, Brussels, Belgium; Nathaniel Bright Emerson, Honolulu, acquired from Capt. Tarol in the Nomoi or Mortlock islands in 1884.
Estimate $5,000-7,000

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