- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Very light ball-headed club carved form a single piece of wood. [JC [OPS Move] 10/10/2016]
- Long description
- Very light ball-headed club carved form a single piece of wood. The head is perfectly spherical and the shaft cylindrical, with a small collar in between. [JC [OPS Move] 10/10/2016]
- Geographical reference
- Cultural groups
- Maasai
- Person
- Field collector William Ernest Taylor
- Field collector Church Missionary Society
- PRM source Catherine Taylor
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1890
- Date collected
- 1882 - 1890
- Acquisition information
- Purchased: 1927
- Materials and processes
- Material Wood Plant, Process Carved
- Dimensions
- Length: max 595 mm, Diameter: max 32 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1927.84.6
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