Double pointed wood club with domed or 'mushroom' heads, one with flared rim, the other more conical with pointed tip and bound with elaborate string work with shells and additional plaited and twisted string. [BS [OPS Move] 08/08/2016]

Collection type: Object
Description: Double pointed wood club with domed or 'mushroom' heads, one with flared rim, the other more conical with pointed tip and bound with elaborate string work with shells and additional plaited and twisted string. [BS [OPS Move] 08/08/2016]
Geographical reference: Papua New Guinea
Oceania > Melanesia > Papua New Guinea; New Ireland Bismarck Archipelago
Person: Maker Unknown Maker; Field collector Unknown Collector; PRM source Augustus Henry Lane Fox Pitt Rivers founding collection
Date / Period: Date made: Possibly before 1874
Date collected: ?By 1874
Acquisition information: Donated: 1884
Materials and processes: Material Wood Plant, Material String, Material Shell, Process Carved, Process Bound
Dimensions: Length: max 1300 mm, Diameter: max 105 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1884.12.205 PR Cat other PR nos: 381 ? 379

Search terms: Weapon, Cordage, Club

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