A Rare Club

• Lot Sold $22,000 (Hammer Price)
• $26,400 (Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium)

TORRES STRAIT ISLANDS  
carved in hardwood, pigment traces  
LENGTH: 68CM  

Provenance:  
Reputedly collected in the early 20th century in Townsville where it was said to have been obtained from islanders in a football team from Mt Isa  
Private collection

Note that on the handle of this club there is an early inscription which reads 'Elizia Pkapani' which may be the name of an inhabitant of the Torres Strait.                                                  
 
There is another example of this type of club of the same form, from a later period in the collection of the Australian Museum, Sydney.