Fiji I Ula Drisa Light Brown

I ULA DRISA a very fine, functional, short throwing-club with a well rounded head showing the folds and meanders of the original root ball. The engraved grip is beautifully rendered with two registers of dentate design.

Fiji, Polynesia
Ironwood (casuarina equisetifolia) with a superb patina of age and usage and a n unusually light brown coloration.
41 x 10 cm 
XVIII/XIXth century
 

Literature: Pub. :
CASSE-TÊTE : ARMES ET ARMEMENTS DE L'OCÉANIE. Galerie Meyer – Oceanic Art, 1989, p. 10, fig. 3.
Meyer, Anthony JP : OCEANIC ART / OZEANISCHE KUNST / ART OCEANIEN. Könemann Verlag, Cologne, 1995, p. 472, fig. 545.
CASSE-TÊTE II : ARMES ET ARMEMENTS DE L'OCÉANIE. Exhibition catalogue, Gal. Meyer, Paris, 2022, pp.138-139.