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Lot 14

A Fijian War Club (Sali)
19th Century

24 November 2021, 10:30 GMT
London, Knightsbridge

£3,000 - £5,000

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A Fijian War Club (Sali)
19th Century

Of figured ironwood and characteristic form, the curved flared head hollowed on each side and variously carved with panels and slender bands of chequering and diamond motifs, the borders and plain slender crest pierced with holes, serrated inner edge, and rounded hooked projection at the rear, and integral haft of circular section with flat disc terminal (minor old splits)
110 cm. overall

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For a related example see Bonhams Los Angeles, African and Oceanic Art, 19 November 2020, lot 17

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