A Rare Fijian Throwing Club ‘Ula’
A Rare Fijian Throwing Club ‘Ula’ of Unusual Form
The head carved in the form of the ‘flower’ of the ‘banana’ plant
Traditional chip carved decoration to the handle / grip
The elongated head formed from a ‘root’ ball of a sapling
Glossy brown patina
Wood
Fiji
Mid 19th Century
SIZE: 42.5cm long - 16⁵⁄₈ ins long
The head carved in the form of the ‘flower’ of the ‘banana’ plant
Traditional chip carved decoration to the handle / grip
The elongated head formed from a ‘root’ ball of a sapling
Glossy brown patina
Wood
Fiji
Mid 19th Century
SIZE: 42.5cm long - 16⁵⁄₈ ins long
A Rare Fijian Throwing Club ‘Ula’ of Unusual Form
The head carved in the form of the ‘flower’ of the ‘banana’ plant
Fiji
Mid 19th Century
The head carved in the form of the ‘flower’ of the ‘banana’ plant
Fiji
Mid 19th Century
PUBLICATION: For a drawing of a similar club see: Edge-Partington, ‘Ethnographical Album of the Pacific Islands’, page 104, no.16
The missionary, John Williams first took ‘banana’ suckers to Samoa in 1838, from there, bananas spread to Tonga and Fiji in the 1840’s. Eventually spreading from the Pacific Islands to the east coast of Australia in the 1850’s.
The missionary, John Williams first took ‘banana’ suckers to Samoa in 1838, from there, bananas spread to Tonga and Fiji in the 1840’s. Eventually spreading from the Pacific Islands to the east coast of Australia in the 1850’s.
A Rare Fijian Throwing Club ‘Ula’
