Unknown Indigenous Pacific Islands or First Nations Australian artist
Throwing Club (i ula tavatava)

CultureFiji Island people
Titles
  • Throwing Club (i ula tavatava)
Date1855–1870
PlaceFiji
MediumWood
Dimensions16 1/2 × 3 3/4 × 3 3/4 in. (41.9 × 9.5 × 9.5 cm)
Credit LineGift of Robert H. Wilson, Jr.
Object number91.236
Not on view

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ProvenanceRobert H. Wilson, Jr., Houston, by 1991; given to MFAH, 1991.

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