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Old Club Malekula Island Vanuatu 19th Century


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Collection No. T-1196
Size (67x9cm)
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Old Club Malekula Island Vanuatu 19th Century

This beautiful old Club is from Malekula Island in Vanuatu. Carved from a single of hardwood the finial with a Janus Faces in classic Malekula style.  the top of the club has a crescent shape that would definitely represent something  to do with the Men’s Secret Societies that most the Islands of Vanuatu participated in.  The club dates from the late 19th to early 20th Century and it has a deep old patina from long handling.  Clibs like this exa

 

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