Club

2003-32-325

From: Marquesas Islands

Curatorial Section: Oceanian

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Native Name 'U'U
Object Number 2003-32-325
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Marquesas Islands
Section Oceanian
Materials Wood
Technique Carved
Description

Wooden club : late 19th century 'u'u. Heavy wood stained light brown; end of shaft tapering, crooked. Club with three small raised skulls each side of head, which has remains of brown paper. Paris label with "[Ta]hiti." Exhibited at l'Exposition universelle de Paris 1900.

Length 168 cm
Width 13.5 cm
Depth 8.5 cm
Credit Line Gift of the Philadelphia Commercial Museum (also known as the Philadelphia Civic Center Museum), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2003
Other Number 1995.X.16530 - Other Number | 0,935 (?) - Other Number

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