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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.

CONDITION

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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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