Club
89-17-5
From: Papua New Guinea | Western Province, Papua New Guinea
Curatorial Section: Oceanian
| Object Number | 89-17-5 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Yonggom/Muyu |
| Provenience | Papua New Guinea | Western Province, Papua New Guinea |
| Section | Oceanian |
| Materials | Stone | Wood | Peel | Pigment |
| Description | Club. Disc shaped club for fighting. Usually used in raids and deceptive attacks, aimed at the temple. Ground river stone, roughly egg shaped, bi convex in cross section. painted with red radiationg stripes on one surface. Decorative fiber binding around handle just below head. Handle has been coated with resin and clay. The proper name of this club is Yawat Dem. No longer used. |
| Credit Line | Purchased from Stuart A. Kirsch, 1989 |
| Other Number | 43 - Other Number |
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