


Lot 273
Dome Headed Club, Fiji Islands
11 November 2019, 15:00 EST
New YorkSold for US$15,075 inc. premium
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Dome Headed Club, Fiji Islands
bulibuli
length 40in (101cm)
Provenance
James T. Hooper Collection, Arundel (No.866)
Christie's, London, 21 June 1979, Lot 101
Richard I.M. Kelton Collection, Marina del Rey, California
The head with a distinctive pattern of flattened projections; the rounded shaft highlighted overall with finely incised zigzag design; the grip with even finer incisions and bound with finely woven fiber, now frayed in some areas; fine unpolished reddish-brown patina with traces of red pigmentation around the head.
length 40in (101cm)
Provenance
James T. Hooper Collection, Arundel (No.866)
Christie's, London, 21 June 1979, Lot 101
Richard I.M. Kelton Collection, Marina del Rey, California
The head with a distinctive pattern of flattened projections; the rounded shaft highlighted overall with finely incised zigzag design; the grip with even finer incisions and bound with finely woven fiber, now frayed in some areas; fine unpolished reddish-brown patina with traces of red pigmentation around the head.