A 19TH CENTURY FIJIAN ROOTWOOD WAR CLUB

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

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

Fijian Sali War Club Handcarved Wood. This piece is a Sali war club from islands of Fiji believed to be from late 19th to early 20th Century. Carved from the stem of a local extremely hard tree with a

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

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

Last quarter of the 19th century. War clubs such as this were used by the Iroquois, Penobscot, Passamaquoddy, and Abenaki. Originally for tribal war which was fundamental to the evolution of young men

of cylindrical tapering form with incised tavatava zig zag notched grip. Provenance: Collection of Keith St. Cartmail.

Oceania, Polynesia, probably Tonga, ca. 19th to early 20th century CE. A long, heavy, dark wood club, also known as an akau, with a long, gently broadening handle and a striking end with a deeply ridg

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

Great 19th century full beaded stone head war club. Hide wrist strap with adornments. Great 19th century Native American club. Measures approx 29 inches long with 3 inch wide club.

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

This is an outstanding knife blade war club with bird effigy pattern, attributed to the Plains Native American Indians of the Eastern Santee Sioux tribe and dating to the 19th Century. The club is exp

The lot features a fully beaded Sioux Native American Indian stone head war club from the 19th century. The piece shows a wood haft showing a red trade clothe wrap with excellent glass trade seed bead

Massive Antique Tongan Coconut Leaf-Stalk War Club, 19th C. On stand. Size: 36'' x 4'' x 4'' (91 x 10 x 10 cm).

The lot features a wonderful gunstock war club with spike blade having punched stars and inlayed pewter silver crescent moons, from the Central Plains Native American Indians dating to the late 19th C

Extremely heavy and dense carved club. length 17 1/2 inches.

**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,

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

The lot feature a fantastic root burl ball head war club from the Osage Native American Indians dating to the 19th Century. This large, heavy club shows a hand-carved solid walnut hard wood made from

This is an exceptional Plains Native American Indian gunstock spontoon war club in a very rare double blade configuration from the 19th century. The piece shows a very nice solid wood haft in a Revolu

Period 19th century example Eastern Solomon Islands. Carved nicely and having a very nice patina throughout. L29 1/2" Sold from the collection of a private Charleston, SC gentleman and lady.

**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

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