Supi (weapon)
The supi is a war club of the Solomon Islands.
Uses
Cut from a hard wood type iron wood its diamond shaped head is specific of the Solomon Islands.[1] About thirty centimetres long, it has a carved striking head with well-marked ribs. It is native to the Malaita island.[2] Besides its common name of supi, it can sometimes be called supe or subi.[3] Some could be carved from whale bones.[4] The handle was sheathed with coconut fibre braiding, sometimes engraved or inlaid with shells. Some, carved with a crocodile face at their end, were reserved for the tribes chiefs.[5]
References
- ^ Ethnologia Cranmorensis - Volumes 1 à 4, 1937, p.61
- ^ Deborah Waite, Kevin Conru, Art of the Solomon Islands, 2008, p.118
- ^ Deborah Waite, Artefacts of the Solomon Islands in the Julius L. Brenchley Collection, 1987, p.39
- ^ Charles Elliot Fox, Grafton Elliot Smith, The Threshold of the Pacific: An Account of the Social Organization, Magic and Religion of the People of San Cristoval in the Solomon Islands, A.A. Knopf, 1924, p.188
- ^ L’éclat des ombres. L’art en noir et blanc des îles Salomon [1]
Bibliography
- Anthony JP Meyer, Oceanic Art, Könemann, 1995.
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