Wooden club incised on one side with concentric rectangles, zigzags and face, forming a human figure. The club is oval in section and gradually widens towards the rounded distal end. It is bound with three plaited cane bands along the shaft. [JC [OPS Move] 18/08/2016]

Collection type: Object
Description: Wooden club incised on one side with concentric rectangles, zigzags and face, forming a human figure. The club is oval in section and gradually widens towards the rounded distal end. It is bound with three plaited cane bands along the shaft. [JC [OPS Move] 18/08/2016]
Geographical reference: Papua New Guinea
Oceania > Melanesia > Papua New Guinea; Papuan Gulf Massim
Person: Field collector Robert Henry Codrington; Field collector Melanesian Mission; PRM source H. Sweatman
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1947
Date collected: By 1947
Acquisition information: Purchased: 1947
Materials and processes: Material Wood Plant, Material Cane Plant, Process Carved, Process Plaited, Process Incised
Dimensions: Depth: max 30 mm, Width: max 85 mm, Length: max 1450 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1947.8.17B
Research and responses: In August 2005 Harry Beran, author and specialist on the art of the Massim area, identified this object as definitely not Massim and from the Papuan Gulf. A similar club is illustrated in Meyer Oceanic Art 1995, illustration 117. [for full notes see related documents file]. [ZM 23/9/2005]

Search terms: Weapon, Figure, Club

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