Hi, I have specifically been collecting Fijian artefacts for the last 20 years. Learned a few lessons the hard way along the way....ugh. The author of this threads ula, while does look to be Fijian with some age.....the inlays are most definitely not. They look to have been crudely placed into this club to try to increase it's value, unfortunate as the club itself seems to have some merit. The dead giveaway is the whiteness, whereas antique inlays are yellowish from age. Unfortunately, recent scammers are even using aged bone/ivory to implant into clubs, to make it even harder to tell the fakes from the real thing.
The other examples of clubs with inlays that were posted in this thread, were strictly made for the tourist industry, and as long as they were not portrayed as anything but that, they can be nice works of Fijian artistry to enjoy.
Harvey
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