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Lot 17

Lotus Club, Fiji Islands

21 November – 5 December 2024, 12:00 PST
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Lotus Club, Fiji Islands

gugu/siriti
Wood, pandanus leaves, barkcloth
Height 32in (81.2cm)

Provenance
Michael Evans, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Norman Hurst, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Mark and Carolyn Blackburn Collection, Honolulu, Hawaii
Bonhams, Los Angeles, 6 December 2016, Lot 107
Private Collection, United States

Published
Kaeppler, Adrienne, Polynesia: The Mark and Carolyn Blackburn Collection of Polynesian Art, University of Hawaii Press, 2010, fig. 119

According to Kaeppler, (ibid, p. 238), "This club appears to have been made with the use of stone tools. Examples like this, with their original fiber wrappings still intact, are rare."

The name of this type of club derives from the type of fish it stylistically represents. The present example, undoubtedly carved without the use of metal tools, taken together with its diminutive size, rich, dark-brown patina, and original fiber bindings, clearly demonstrate that it was created at least as early as the 18th century.

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