Lot Essay
Cf. L'Ile de Paques: Une Enigme?, Brussels, 1990, p.222, where the author discusses the use of such clubs and deduces that they served a ceremonial rather than a military function.
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A fine Easter Island wood long club
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The long shaft with head finial, each face with fishbone circlet inlay eyes about obsidian discs, ridged coiffure
105cm. long
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The long shaft with head finial, each face with fishbone circlet inlay eyes about obsidian discs, ridged coiffure
105cm. long
Sale room notice
Please note that the numbers under the illustration of lots 550 and 551 have been transposed.