Long-handled wood club with perforated, 'pineapple' stone head. [JC [OPS Move] 02/08/2016]

Collection type: Object
Description: Long-handled wood club with perforated, 'pineapple' stone head. [JC [OPS Move] 02/08/2016]
Long description: Long-handled wood club with perforated, 'pineapple' stone head. The head is carved with four rows of pointed knobs on a cylindrical body. The wooden shaft tapers to a blunt point and is bound at the top with a strip of plaited plant fibre. The stone head is held in place with string which is tied around the shaft. [JC [OPS Move] 02/08/2016]
Geographical reference: Papua New Guinea
Oceania > Melanesia > Papua New Guinea; Central Province Kairuku Hiri District Yule Island
Person: Field collector C.B. Horsbrugh; PRM source C.B. Horsbrugh
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1908
Date collected: 1908
Acquisition information: Purchased: 1939
Materials and processes: Material Wood Plant, Material Stone, Material Plant Fibre, Process Carved, Process Plaited, Process Bound, Process Knotted
Dimensions: Diameter: max 60 mm, Length: max 940 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1939.6.5B

Search terms: Weapon, Club

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