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656 655. A Fiji i ula tavatava, throwing club Melanesia wood, with a stepped ribbed circular head, the stem with a long series of punched dots and a with a linear notched grip and indented end, 19th century, 41cm long. £400-600 Provenance Arthur Allen, 1874 - 1967 and thence by descent. 656. A Kiribati Islands / Gilbert Islands knife Micronesia wood with a pointed tapering grip, pierced with remains of sennit, with a curved ribbed blade, the edges inset with fibre bound sharks teeth, 63.5cm long. £300-400 657. An Andaman Island bow Bay of Bengal wood with incised linear decoration, 202cm long.
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