Throwing Club with Inlaid Teeth, Fiji

A traditional Fijian throwing club (ula) with inlaid teeth, likely human or whale ivory, represents the apex of pre-colonial Melanesian martial craftsmanship. Such objects were prestige weapons wielded by chiefly warriors, combining lethal functionality with ceremonial authority and spiritual power. These clubs are among the most iconic artifacts of 19th-century Fijian material culture, collected during the era of European contact and now highly sought in ethnographic art auctions.