Club "gugu"
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Club "gugu"
Fidji Islands
Provenance | Size | Starting price / estimated price |
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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