(FIJI)

Important Aboriginal Art
Melbourne
25 March 2009
186

 ‘ULA’ THROWING CLUB

(FIJI)

early 19th Century carved from the bulbous root of a hardwood tree with whale bone insert

39.0 cm length

Estimate: 
$800 - 1,200
Sold for $1,200 (inc. BP) in Auction 7 - 25 March 2009, Melbourne
Provenance

Private collection, Melbourne

Catalogue text

every Fijian warrior carried two of these throwing clubs as well as a large quaters club into battle