Short pole club of Mills’ type D2, flat at both ends. The entire surface is engraved with tavatava zig zag decoration organised into a falling spiral, which does not reach the upper tubular panel of decoration. This club is actually the butt end of a piece which was broken and has been salvaged by cutting the head end off before export.
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