19th C. Fijian Kiakavo Wood War Club Snake Form

South Pacific, Polynesia, Fiji Islands, ca. 19th century CE. A fine example of the distinctive double-headed kiakavo war club with a polished surface and a scored area on the underside of the curved h

Oceania, Polynesia, Fiji Islands, 19th C, carved wood with mace form bulbous head and protruding knobs. With incised zigzagging design to the slender handle. L. 40.5 cm (16 in)

Oceania, Polynesia, Fiji Islands, ca. 19th century CE. A gorgeous dance club known as a kiakavo with a distinctive curving form with a protruding secondary head spur on top. The lengthy hilt and shaft

WAR CLUB TONGA, 19TH CENTURY carved wood, rhomboidal in form, surface entirely decorated with carved zig zag motifs and other geometric patterning, subtly rounded base (72.5cm tall) Provenance: Privat

A massive example of characteristic form with well-carved head composed of a spiked sphere on a long, thick haft. 19th century. Worn overall with minor losses. Overall length 77cm. Condition III

Late 19th c. Carved wood 43" x 2" x 12" Provenance: Allan Stone Collection, New York Warfare was part of everyday life in Fijian society, with local feuding and bloody civil wars. Clubs were the forem

Antique Tolai War Club, East New Britain, Late 19th C. Collected around 1906 by Gottfried Schmidt, a German colonial official. Made of black palm wood with elegant form and fine aged patina. Provenanc

Two: 19th c. Carved wood 45" x 3" x 3" 19th c. Carved wood with incised handle 42" x 2 1/2" x 2 1/2" Provenance Allan Stone Collection, New York Warfare was part of everyday life in Fijian society, wi

Of characteristic form, carved of dense, dark wood with lozenge-shaped head and conical pommel. Good patina. 19th century. Well worn. Overall length 52.8cm. Condition III

Oceania, Polynesia, Fiji Islands, ca. 19th century CE. An attractive example of a hand-carved wooden throwing club known in Fiji as an I Ula Tavatava. The club has a bulbous head with several protrudi

Oceania, Polynesia, Fiji Islands, ca. 19th century CE. An intimidating throwing club known as an ula kitu (also i ula kitu) carved from hard, red-brown wood that is covered in lustrous patina. The den

**Originally Listed At $500** Oceania, Samoan Islands, ca. late 19th century CE. A beautiful hand-carved wooden war club with a stocky cylindrical handle, a lightly-carinated hand guard, and an elonga

**First Time At Auction** Oceania, Samoa, Pago Pago, ca. 1890s CE. A large, hand-carved wooden war club with a flat, blade-like face with a small hook on one side, a toothed edge along the other side,

A LARGE 19TH CENTURY FIJIAN CARVED WOOD FIGHTING TRIBAL CLUB. 99 cm long.

19th Century Zulu hard wood knobkerrie war club. Dark hard wood handle with two tone head. Handle wrapped in 5 brass and copper wire segments. Approximately 23 inches in length, club head approximatel

Oceania, Papua New Guinea, Kuku Kuku people (also Kukukuku), ca. 19th century CE. A fascinating wooden club with a long, tapering handle that terminates in a studded, "pineapple-shaped" striking end w

**Originally Listed At $200** Native American, Central United States, Plains Indians, ca. 19th century CE. An impressive war club carved from wood and wrapped in animal hide with a smooth stone striki

Oceania, Fiji Islands, ca. 19th century CE. A fine example of the distinctive double-headed kiakavo war club with a low ridge on its "cutting face" serving as a symbolic axe blade. This style is somet

**Originally Listed At $2000** Polynesia, Fiji, ca. 19th century CE. An enormous wooden kava vessel carved in the form of a sea turtle. The deep circular bowl is supported by six integral legs. Large

Australia, 19th Century or Earlier Heavy club with rounded stone head inset in a thick wood handle. Approx. 18 1/4" x 4 3/8". From the collection of a Cumberland, Rhode Island estate. Old label marked

**Originally Listed At $750** Oceania, Melanesia, Fiji, ca. 19th to early 20th century CE. A wooden pedestal dish, carved from a single piece in the form of a bird, the surface lustrous and smooth. Ef

DESCRIPTION: Carved wood club form tomahawk featuring an iron blade at one end of the head and a knot of wood at the opposite end of the head. CIRCA: 19th Century, possibly older ORIGIN: North America

Solomon Islands War Club, 19th C. Flat tapering form with raised medial line. Most of shaft covered with very finely woven sennit binding. Provenance: Faganarms, Clinton Towhnship, MI. From the collec

FIJI ISLAND OCEANIC KIAKAVO / GUNSTOCK WAR CLUB,retains an old surface with warm color.19th century.36 1/2" L.