Dui club

This dui club, reserved for chiefs or priests, was carved using a lithic tool and shells.

The handle has a trapezoidal cross-section and is decorated at the grip with chiselled checkerboard motifs, bordered at the top and bottom by two zigzag lines. The club curves progressively outwards, the edges becoming thinner and sharper, and ends crescent-shaped at the top.

This weapon could break bones with its sharp edges and could be used as a shield to ward off arrows and slingshot projectiles thanks to its “fan-shaped” top.

Beautiful reddish-brown patina.

If this type of club originated in Tonga or Samoa, the decoration on the grip and the absence of a tenon for the passage of a thong seem to indicate a Fijian origin for this one.

Price: €16,000