Tongan Club with Zig-Zag Decoration

A Tongan club, the head of tapering diamond section with…
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A Tongan club, the head of tapering diamond section with incised zig-zag decoration with black and white pigments, the shaft with reduced grip terminating in a distal knob, length 74 cm

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  • Incised - A record of a name, date or inscription, or a decoration scratched into a surface, usually of a glass or ceramic item with a blunt instrument to make a coarse indentation. Compare with engraving where the surface is cut with a sharp instrument such as a metal needle or rotating tool to achieve a fine indentation.

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