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Description: | faint old handwritten label to cord wrapping which reads "used by [?] Ovalaun Is" and another reading "Club Ovalau Is Fiji, Mrs A Watt Donor, 1894"
CULT Unknown pre-1894 possibly Ovalau Island, Fiji Islands Melanesia Without any cutting edge this small arching club was only ever intended for ceremonial usage during ritual dances. The upper portion of the cylindrical handle is wrapped in coir-sennit cord. This type of Fijian club is thought to be named after the claw-sali flower of one of the wild banana-like plants of Fiji. Provenance:
Accession book reads "Presentation from Mrs A Watt 1894". (Daniel Scott-Heaney, 2006) | License: | http://www.hmag.gla.ac.uk/spirit/rights/ | Publisher: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Rights holder: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Subjects: | WEAPON : AXE : DSH : | Source: | Hunterian Museum | Creator: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Identifier: | http://www.huntsearch.gla.ac.uk/cgi-bin/... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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