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Club "gugu"

Fidji Islands

Provenance Size Starting price / estimated price
L: 31.9 inch sold

wood, pigment,

This form of club, mistakenly called "lotus club", in fact has its head modelled on a type of river fish named "gugu" or "tivitivi". Such clubs are considered to come from the interior of Viti Levu and to have been a special club for use in dances rather than combat. For a club of the same type see Hooper, 2016, ill. 238.


Steven Hooper, Fiji, Sainsbury 2016, p. 256, ill. 238