266 NEW CALEDONIAN CLUB A domed, hooded top, soft, slightly raised handle end. Early, rich, brown patina. L.760mm, W.100mm. PROVENANCE Private collection, New York, USA. Estimate $800 - $1,200 267 SUPERB FIJIAN WAR CLUB Sali, heavy yet superbly balanced, made from a single piece of vesi (ironwood). Cylindrical shaft leads into a blade incised with geometric carving to both sides. Raised spur to top. The spur on the outer edge designed to parry attackers’ clubs away. The angled cutting edge designed to cut through and snap bones. Dark-brown patina. L.1,070mm, W.290mm. PROVENANCE Private collection, New York, USA. Estimate $4,000 - $6,000 268 FIJIAN WAR CLUB Bowai of classic form with cylindrical shaft and carved decorations to end. Rich, mid-brown patina. Carved with missionary text: “RUVENI”. L.750mm, W.35mm. PROVENANCE Private collection, New Zealand.
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Estimate $400 - $800 269 CHIEFLY FIJIAN ROOTSTOCK CLUB Highly achieved vunikau bulibuli or dromu vonotabua with a classic rootstock head with seventeen prestigious shell inlays leading to long shaft with finely carved handle. Certainly the work of a master artist. Rich, deep, mid-brown patina. L.900mm, W.80mm. PROVENANCE Mark Blackburn collection, Hawaii, USA. Rosman collection, New York, USA. Private collection, New York, USA. Estimate $3,500 - $5,500
271 NEW CALEDONIAN KANAK CLUB Domed hooded top; tapering cylindrical shaft; fine incised decoration to top. Handle bound with original early cloth and fine sennit binding. Good overall condition. L.760mm, Dia.90mm. PROVENANCE Private collection, New York, USA. Estimate $1,500 - $2,500
270 EARLY SAMOAN CLUB Leaf-shaped blade with incised line; infilled decoration on surface. Two raised ridges to midsection leading to a squared handle. Light-to-midbrown patina. L.835mm, W.120mm. PROVENANCE Private collection, UK.
272 SOLOMON ISLANDS CLUB Good early example, with diamond-shaped head, and central, raised cross leading down to a hooked crescent-shaped butt. Blackened fibre binding on grip. Mid-brown patina. Malaita. L.625mm, W.140mm. PROVENANCE Private collection, UK. Private collection, New York, USA.
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