SUPERB SALI

LJ · 21st November 2014, 10:15 PM

I can't remember seeing tavatava like this before. Usually, I read it as zigzag lines, but looks like it has been conceived as a series of triangles (as you say, they have been punched.

I have however seen one sali with that diced pattern on the cheek - that one was probably brought from the Pacific in the early 1840s and was similarly a large and heavy example.

VANDOO · 22nd November 2014, 04:40 AM

THE CARVING TECHNIQUES I SEE ARE CHIP CARVING AND INCISED LINE CARVING. VERY WELL DONE. LIKELY POLISHED WITH CORAL SAND OR LAVA SAND? TO FINISH IT. A VERY FINE SALI OF THE CLASSIC FORM WITH MORE CARVING THAN IS USUALLY SEEN WITH SUPER PATINA AND OLD WEAR DAMAGE. ITS UNUSUAL TO HAVE THAT MUCH LIME INLAY STILL PRESENT YOU WERE INDEED LUCKY TO RESCUE THIS CLUB FROM STORAGE IN A SHED FOR YOUR COLLECTION.

21st November 2014, 10:15 PM	#1
LJ Member Join Date: Mar 2014 Posts: 93	I can't remember seeing tavatava like this before. Usually, I read it as zigzag lines, but looks like it has been conceived as a series of triangles (as you say, they have been punched. I have however seen one sali with that diced pattern on the cheek - that one was probably brought from the Pacific in the early 1840s and was similarly a large and heavy example.

22nd November 2014, 04:40 AM	#2
VANDOO (deceased) Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: OKLAHOMA, USA Posts: 3,138	THE CARVING TECHNIQUES I SEE ARE CHIP CARVING AND INCISED LINE CARVING. VERY WELL DONE. LIKELY POLISHED WITH CORAL SAND OR LAVA SAND? TO FINISH IT. A VERY FINE SALI OF THE CLASSIC FORM WITH MORE CARVING THAN IS USUALLY SEEN WITH SUPER PATINA AND OLD WEAR DAMAGE. ITS UNUSUAL TO HAVE THAT MUCH LIME INLAY STILL PRESENT YOU WERE INDEED LUCKY TO RESCUE THIS CLUB FROM STORAGE IN A SHED FOR YOUR COLLECTION.