Huli

ex Jolika Collection, Rye, NY

Instead of axes, Huli men carry fighting picks such as these.   

Composed of a black spathe pick, often tipped with a cassowary bone or nail, lashed onto a handle, these picks are said to be used in attacking fleeing enemies.

Exceptionally, this early example is carved with a squared pick, something of a geometric oddity in a tubular world.

Ca. 20th Cent

22"

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