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95 - COLLECTION OF THOWING CLUBS, I ULA TAVATAVA
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COLLECTION OF THOWING CLUBS, I ULA TAVATAVA FIJI carved wood, each displaying a rich patination and bearing a geometric carved grip, two with a fluted head and the third with a bulbous head, one with an old label reading “ULAS throwing club Fiji” (3) 40.5cm, 43.4cm & 42.2cm long Provenance: Private collection, Edinburgh, United Kingdom, acquired 1960s - 1970s, thence by descent “One to three throwing clubs were worn in the warrior's waistband, often at the back, being thrust through his girdle like a brace of pistols, of which they were roughly the Fijian equivalent; being essentially a close range projectile weapon carried in addition to a heavier weapon, ready to hand as the situation demanded” (Clunie, Fijian Weapons and Warfare, Suva, 1977, p. 60).
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