War club - New Caledonia, Kanak

hardwood, white pigment, plant fibre, animal hair, blue cotton fabric, rest. (disc-shaped beating edge)
It is noteworthy that the particularly elaborate decorative accessory is largely preserved on this club. In addition to four-armed structures made of fine plant fibre mesh, there are thin braided ribbons that look like wool threads at first glance due to the integrated fluffy fibres (couscous).
L: 75,5 cm, L: 29,7 inch
Provenance:
Peter Willborg, Stockholm, Sweden
Lit.: Newton, Douglas (ed.), Arts of the South Seas, The Collection of the Musée Barbier-Mueller, Munich, London, New York 1999, p. 305, ill. 13
Condition Report: See description