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Lot Essay
Vanuatu or Santa Cruz seem very possible origins for this rare club although we have not found any similar published examples. The head may well represent a flying fox.
Details
A RARE OCEANIC CLUB
The head carved as the head of an animal with raised ears and tapered snout, plaited coir about the rippled cylindrical shaft, the slightly flared butt inscribed: Safua Papa, dark glossy patina
76.5cm. long
The head carved as the head of an animal with raised ears and tapered snout, plaited coir about the rippled cylindrical shaft, the slightly flared butt inscribed: Safua Papa, dark glossy patina
76.5cm. long
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