Description (CMS Description)
Pole club, carved throughout
Event Date 10/6/1988
Author: maa

Context (CMS Context)
Labels & inscriptions: '64.160' inscribed in white ink on the butt.
Event Date 25/3/2013
Author: Lucie Carreau

Context (CMS Context)
Catalogue card 1 reads [handwritten in blue pen:] '64.160. Oceania. Fiji. Pole club (mbowai) carved throughout. Purchased from Bene't Gallery. 1964'. [stamped in black ink:] 'CUMAA 10 JAN 1988 TRANSCRIBED'. A small round red sticker pasted to the front of the card.
Catalogue card 2 reads [handwritten in blue pen:] '64.160. Oceania. Fiji. Pole club (mbowai) carved throughout. Purchased Bene't Gallery. 1964.'
Event Date 25/3/2013
Author: Lucie Carreau

Description (CMS Description)
Club of wood, bowai. Carved all over with a combination of tavatava patterns: alternating panels of vertical zigzags, vertical panels of triangles and striated triangles. The head is flared and rounded, carved with intersecting striated triangles; the wood is chipped and discoloured in a few points. The shaft is pierced in one point and presents a few stains. The butt is flat and several chunks of wood are missing from the edge.
Event Date 25/3/2013
Author: maa