Lot Essay
Cf. Clunie, F., Yalo i Viti, Suva, 1986, no.77 for a discussion about these trumpets and their origins.
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DAVUI
Details
a fine Fiji shell trumpet
davui
Formed from a Bursa lampas shell with cut tip, the flared end with long cylindrical handle of plaited coconut fibre, much binding and looped finial
48cm. long
davui
Formed from a Bursa lampas shell with cut tip, the flared end with long cylindrical handle of plaited coconut fibre, much binding and looped finial
48cm. long
Provenance
Col. Knolly's
W.D. Webster, sold in 1898 to
Lt.Gen. A.H.L.F. Pitt-Rivers
W.D. Webster, sold in 1898 to
Lt.Gen. A.H.L.F. Pitt-Rivers