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**Originally Listed At $400**

Oceania, Trobriand Islands, Massim peoples, ca. first half of the 20th century CE. A wonderful example of a hand-carved wooden club with a thick handle, a bulbous, acorn-shaped pommel disc, projecting shoulder prongs, and a tapering body. The front of the body has a carved rectangular decoration with a trio of vertical curvilinear panels among fields of lighter circular and curved striations, and a narrow register of zigzagging grooves rests beneath. One small hole is drilled into the center of the hand guard and another in the tip of the striking head. Traces of original white pigmentation are visible within some incised details, and lovely espresso-hued patina covers the entirety of the ceremonial carving. Size: 4.25" W x 27.8" H (10.8 cm x 70.6 cm); 29.7" H (75.4 cm) on included custom stand.

Provenance: private Newport Beach, California, USA collection; ex-Miles Karpilaw estate collection, Berkeley, California, USA

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#135748

  • Condition: Minor abrasions to pommel, handle, and striking head, with fading and chipping to original pigmentation, several stable hairline fissures, and softening to some finer details, otherwise intact and very good. Light earthen deposits throughout.

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