Lot n° 204
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U'U" MASS - Lot 204
U'U" MASS
This example, in the style of the traditional war clubs owned and used by the upper castes, is carved in the manner of what came to be known as the "Gauguin style" in the early 20th century. Ironwood with brown patina.
Marquesas Islands, Central Polynesia, Oceania, 19th century.
H.: 74.5 cm.
(Brown patina with cracks).
Reported by Sergeant Henri JEANPIERRE, Infanterie de Marine, Chef de Poste at Fort de Tahuku (Tahauku) in 1886.
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