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Figure 1:
Gogodala Stone Head Club (ML0054) |
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A fine Gogodala stone head club (gabi lapila)
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with a pineapple-shaped head held onto a wooden staff by a
plug of resin. The head is sculptured with five circumferential and
fifteen axial grooves to form four sets of studs. A matt patina
over the head and polished on the shaft.
material: wood, stone, resin; diameter: 100mm; length: 840mm.
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The club was collected from the village of Kauviapu in the
Western Province of Papua New Guinea.
Acquired from a Melbourne tribal art gallery in 1990.
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The last owner of the club, Dabema Dalibi, traces his family tree
back to the ancestor, clan father (Udaga Wawa) Ibali.
According to informants, his grandson Esenade was the first
owner of the club, but we do not know if he inherited it from his
father Dedebali. Esenade brought the club from a location whose
canoe place was Mua (Mutam?) in the Torres Strait.
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See 'Beaufort 1924' - pl XL.
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See 'Crawford, A.L. 1981' - pp.364-5..
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