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Beaked "Battlehammer" Club, Fiji Islands
11 November 2019, 15:00 EST
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Beaked "Battlehammer" Club, Fiji Islands
totokia
length 35 1/2in (90cm)
Provenance
European Private Collection
According to Cluny (Yalo i Viti, Fiji Museum, 1986, p. 185), "With its heavy, swollen head, and the concentration of its impact on the point of its beak, the totokia was intended to 'peck' holes in the skull. Shortest and most specialised of clubs, it delivered a deadly blow in an abrupt but vicious stab, not requiring the wide swinging arc demanded by others."
length 35 1/2in (90cm)
Provenance
European Private Collection
According to Cluny (Yalo i Viti, Fiji Museum, 1986, p. 185), "With its heavy, swollen head, and the concentration of its impact on the point of its beak, the totokia was intended to 'peck' holes in the skull. Shortest and most specialised of clubs, it delivered a deadly blow in an abrupt but vicious stab, not requiring the wide swinging arc demanded by others."