It is here and even better than I hoped for. My hunch was right Tongan, Fijian or Samoan. Tongan artists were established on all Islands. Sadly one little dot is missing and the whale ivory end is split is two places but I think I will just about be able to live with the damage. I could sacrifice the handle of a common Central Asian knife and replace the dot. Would that be wrong?
Shown with a Solomon staff.
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