A war club, Oceania

OCEANIA FIJI ISLANDS DOUBLE-HEADED SALI WAR CLUB, Early-to-mid 20th Century. Patinated example of the distinctive double-headed sali war club. This style of war club is recognizable given its striking

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, New Zealand, ca. 1930s CE. A carved patu (war club), made of dark wood, with inlaid haliotis (abalone) shell forming a cross motif on one side and the eyes of Janus-faced zoomorphic motifs on

**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,

Oceania, New Zealand, ca. 1930s CE. A carved patu (war club), made of dark wood, with inlaid haliotis (abalone) shell forming the eyes of an acrobatic anthropomorphc figure that is on one side. The ha

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

Oceania, Polynesia, ca. early 20th century CE. A well-preserved war club made from kwila wood, with a gently curved shape that broadens into a heavy end for striking blows. Kwila wood is traditionally

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)

**Originally Listed At $400** Oceania, Polynesia, possibly Samoa, ca. early to mid 20th century CE. A splendid and sizable hand-carved wood war club presenting a lengthy body with a columnar handle th

**Originally Listed At $400** Oceania, Polynesia, possibly Samoa, ca. early to mid 20th century CE. A splendid and sizable hand-carved wood war club presenting a lengthy body with a columnar handle th

Oceania, Solomon Islands, ca. late early 20th century CE. A wooden paddle club of a simple yet elegant form, with a wide paddle end that is bisected by a raised rib and resolves in a pointed terminal.

**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

**Originally Listed At $500** Oceania, Samoan Islands, ca. early 20th century CE. A hand-carved wooden war club with a stocky cylindrical handle boasting carinated points just above the crested hand g

Oceania, Papua New Guinea, Lower Sepik River, ca. 1920 CE. A large, dark wood war club with a human figure forming its handle. The figure's face is long, with wide eyes and a pronounced nose; he wears

Oceania, Fiji Islands, ca. early 20th century CE. A gorgeous example of the distinctive wooden culacula war club, a broad, flat-bladed club with two edges used like a sword. The entire surface is high

**Originally Listed At $400** Oceania, Tonga, ca. 20th century CE. A sumptuous example of a war club known as an 'akau tau' (literally "war stave") hand-carved from mocha-hued hardwood to present a di

Africa, Oceania, India; c. 19th - early 20th century. Consisting of two war clubs; two primitive weapons or tools (one has 3 carved heads at top); two African Iron and wood axes with elaborately carve

The lot features a fantastic, circa 1860 Osage Gunstock War Club with Spontoon blade from the DuPont family collection. The piece exhibits a notch-cut hand-forged iron spear or lance blade inset into

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

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

NATIVE AMERICAN CARVED WOODEN EAGLE CLAW BALL-HEAD WAR CLUB, from the solid, the finely balanced form with downward sloping haft, the ball gripped by a raptor's foot with articulated talons. Retaining

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

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

VERY FINE UPPER MISSOURI NATIVE AMERICAN PLAINS INDIAN BALL-HEAD WAR CLUB, ash, carved from the solid, the long shaped and tapered haft with a circular butt end, upper half retaining likely original b