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LOT 2499
Fijian Root Ula Throwing Club
CIRCA 18TH-9TH 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.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.
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Fijian Root Ula Throwing Club
Circa 18th-9th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £182
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. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.
