09-06-201409-06-2014
Skinner Auctions
Skinner AuctionsBoston MA
2745BBoston
September 6, 2014 10:00 AMCalender
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Fiji Island Throwing Club

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$1,968$1,600
Auction: American Indian & Ethnographic Arts - 2745BLocation: BostonDate / Time: September 06, 2014 10:00AM

Description:

Fiji Island Throwing Club, 19th century, with lobed head and decorated grip, lg. 17 in.

Provenance: Collected by George Collins while on a whaling ship out of New Bedford in the late 1850s.

Note: Includes a biography by his granddaughter.
Estimate $800-1,200


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Keywords

Fiji Island Throwing Club, lobed head, George Collins