
Lot 277
Club, Tongan Islands
11 November 2019, 15:00 EST
New YorkSold for US$2,805 inc. premium
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Club, Tongan Islands
apa'apai
length 52 3/4in (134cm)
Provenance
Christie's, London, 4 March 1979, Lot 97
Richard I.M. Kelton Collection, Marina del Rey, California
Carved from hard wood, the rounded diamond-form shaft gradually flattening towards the rounded top with a scalloped surface on each side and four groups of transverse ridges; decorated throughout with very fine and faint incised geometric patterns; glossy dark-brown patina with evidence of significant age with an old loss to the butt.
length 52 3/4in (134cm)
Provenance
Christie's, London, 4 March 1979, Lot 97
Richard I.M. Kelton Collection, Marina del Rey, California
Carved from hard wood, the rounded diamond-form shaft gradually flattening towards the rounded top with a scalloped surface on each side and four groups of transverse ridges; decorated throughout with very fine and faint incised geometric patterns; glossy dark-brown patina with evidence of significant age with an old loss to the butt.