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LOT 2440
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.
Provenance
Acquired in Cambridgeshire, UK, in the 1990s.
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LOT 2440
Fijian Root Ula Throwing Club
Estimate £200 - 300€230 - 350 (for guidance only)$270 - 410 (for guidance only)
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