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LOT 1745
Fijian Root Ula Throwing Club
CIRCA 19TH CENTURY A.D.
16 in. (575 grams, 41 cm).
Carved wooden ula club-missile with short handle and dense ironwood globular head carved from the root of the tree; handle piered to take a suspension loop.
ProvenanceAcquired in Cambridgeshire, UK, in the 1990s.
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LOT 1745
Fijian Root Ula Throwing Club
Estimate £250 - 350€290 - 410 (for guidance only)$340 - 470 (for guidance only)
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Fijian Root Ula Throwing Club
Circa 19th century A.D.Estimate: £250 - 350 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £125
Carved wooden ula club-missile with short handle and dense ironwood globular head carved from the root of the tree; handle piered to take a suspension loop. 575 grams, 41 cm
Acquired in Cambridgeshire, UK, in the 1990s. -
African Terracotta Bead Necklace String with Bronze Cross
12th century A.D. or laterSold for (Inc. bp): £33
Restrung group of corrugated tubular and oblate beads, bronze cruciform pendant with ring-and-dot detailing. 6.07 grams, 56 cm long
Acquired 1980-2015. Ex Abelita family collection. -
African Terracotta Bead Group
12th century A.D. or laterSold for (Inc. bp): £33
All restrung; comprising multiple strands of beads of varying lengths, each composed of beige, cream and umber-coloured beads of mainly rondelle and tubular types. 88 grams total, 60-364 cm long
UK gallery, early 2000s.
