Club

29-58-129

From: Samoa Islands (uncertain)

Curatorial Section: Oceanian

Object Number 29-58-129
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Samoa Islands (uncertain)
Section Oceanian
Materials Wood
Description

Rounded handle with triangular lug, the striking portion of the weapon quadrangular in section, each side curving towards a blunt point, the curved surfaces being concave from side to side. The flat surfaces have four bands of dentate ornament in tiers; two or three of the latter are replaced by zigzags. A Tongan club which somewhat resembles this in outline, but this is probably flatter and is without the peculiar features of the head, is figured in Edge-Partington, Album, I, p. 82, no. 7.

Length 98.5 cm
Width 5.8 cm
Thickness 6.1 cm
Credit Line Received from various sources, pre-1929
Other Number 371 - Other Number

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