Y A FINE FIJIAN STRIATED HARDWOOD POLE CLUB 'BOWAI' LATE 18T...

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£400 - £600

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Y A FINE FIJIAN STRIATED HARDWOOD POLE CLUB 'BOWAI' LATE 18TH-EARLY 19TH CENTURY With a whale tooth inlay to the 'Butt' 110cm long Provenance:Ex Private English collection With flared shaft, terminating with a convex ended head. A 'whale-tooth' twelve pointed 'star' disc inset into the base. The hand grip engraved with typical 'zig-zag' carving. Honey coloured old silky smooth patina to the 'striated' and 'stripy' shaft. 'Bowai' were not usually given decorative carving and were popular in Fiji as two handed fighting clubs. Designed for shattering bone at close quarters during combat on the battlefield these clubs often inflicted very heavy casualty rates of up to fifty per cent. They also had important 'ceremonial' functions. 'Bowai' were stood up on the butt in religious divination rites and would remain standing if the omen was good, but if it was bad, the club would fall over.

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