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Maître Jean Emmanuel PRUNIER

1 - ‘Totokia’ ambush club with a heavy head bristling with spike…
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Estimate €1,500 - €2,000
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Description
‘Totokia’ ambush club with a heavy head bristling with spikes representing the fruit of the Pandanus tree, carved wood and sperm whale ivory (Physeter macrocephalus); it is fitted with a long, skull-piercing point. Fiji Islands, first half of the 19th century, H. 80 cm, W. 23 cm; shows signs of wear; tip broken off (?). Comparable example: Chartres, Musée des Beaux-Arts, inv. D.99.1.19, reproduced in the catalogue *Fidji Face à Face, 1838*, p. 123. and at the Cinquantenaire Museum in Brussels, reproduced in the book *Archipel, Fiji, Samoa, Western Polynesia* by Jean Charles Carlier.
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Auction time 11/08/2026 at 2:00 PM
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