Sali Club
Regionfrom the area of
Fiji
Dateearly to mid-1800s
Mediumwood
Dimensions116.8 × 25 × 6 cm (46 × 9 13/16 × 2 3/8 in.)
ClassificationsArms and Armor
Credit LineThe Helen Slosberg Collection of Oceanic Art in Memory of Her Brother Israel Sagoff
Terms
Object number2004.199
DescriptionThis type of club is also known as "cali" or "cibi." All names refer to the shape of the club which takes after the banana-family Sali plant of the Musa species.ProvenanceSaid to have belonged to a descendant of the Missionary Waterhouse, who received it from a tribal chief in 1840; sold to Helen S. Slosberg, Boston, MA, by Stephen Kellner Gallery, Sydney, Australia, 1967 (cat. no. 087); given to the Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA, 1967 (cat. no. 1967.52); transferred to the Worcester Art Museum, 2003, accessioned 2004.
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Utagawa Kunisada I 歌川 国貞 (Toyokuni III 三代 豊国)
late 1822
late 1700s-early 1800s
