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Place of Origin: Samoan
Late 19th Century War Club, Samoa
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Late 19th Century Fa’alautalinga War Club, Samoa A short cylindrical handle flares and flattens into a paddle form tapering to an edge, with a raised medial ridge on both sides. Fin...
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Late 19th Century Tribal Antique Samoan Tribal Art

Materials

Wood

Late 19th Century War Club, Samoa
Late 19th Century War Club, Samoa

Late 19th Century War Club, Samoa

$1,600
20th Century Pacific Islander Samoan Fijian Hand Carved Wood Kava Bowl
Located in San Diego, CA
A wonderful 20th Century Samoan/Fijian circular wooden kava bowl called a tanoa fai'ava and carved from a single piece of wood and standing on seventeen round legs. Made of a native ...
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20th Century Tribal Samoan Tribal Art

Materials

Wood

20th Century Pacific Islander Samoan Fijian Hand Carved Wood Kava Bowl
20th Century Pacific Islander Samoan Fijian Hand Carved Wood Kava Bowl

20th Century Pacific Islander Samoan Fijian Hand Carved Wood Kava Bowl

$1,350
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