Important war club with cross-shaped head formed by four mul - Lot 209

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Important war club with cross-shaped head formed by four mul - Lot 209
Important war club with cross-shaped head formed by four multi-faceted spurs under a conical, slightly domed top. The pommel ends in a wide conical point. Malekula Island (eastern side), Vanuatu, Melanesia. Hardwood with a beautiful patina of age and use (small missing parts on the head). 108 cm. XIX/XXth century See identical copy illustrated in Speiser, Felix: ETHNOLOGY OF VANUATU, AN EARLY TWENTIETH CENTURY STUDY. English translation of the original 1923 edition, Crawford-House Press, Bathurst, 1991, Pl 57, N° 16. (N° 3263 Museum der Kulturen, Basel)
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