Hand Club

18053

From: Easter Island

Curatorial Section: Oceanian

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Object Number 18053
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Easter Island
Section Oceanian
Materials Wood
Description

Short wooden war club with crudely carved janus-headed top: furrowed cranium, heavy brows, straight nose, rounded cheeks, large eyes (assymetrical on one side). Straight, stocky, very slightly flaring blade. Painted black, but chipped and abraded. Deep vertical cracks whole length of one side, short cracks top and bottom of other side.

Length 46 cm
Width 7.5 cm
Credit Line Gift of William Pepper, 1891

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