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1884.12.20

Club made from rhino horn with the head being rounded and the shaft curved. The entire piece is polished. [ASh [OPS move] 25/5/2016]

1884.12.20

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Collection type
Object
Description
Club made from rhino horn with the head being rounded and the shaft curved. The entire piece is polished. [ASh [OPS move] 25/5/2016]
Cultural groups
Nguni
Date / Period
Date made: Possibly before 1874
Date collected
?By 1874
Acquisition information
Donated: 1884
Materials and processes
Material Rhino Horn Animal, Process Carved, Process Polished
Dimensions
Length: max 580 mm, Diameter: max 50 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1884.12.20 PR Cat other PR nos: 367
Research and responses

See Chris Spring, 1993: Chapter 8 [AP Leverhulme project on founding collection 1995-1998]

Search terms: Weapon, Club

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