Double ended wooden club. The shaft is cylindrical and widens and flattens to either head, the larger of which flares to a rounded tip with a horizontal ridge. The smaller, similar to this, expands at a right angle from the shaft. [BS [OPS Move] 09/08/2016]

Collection type: Object
Description: Double ended wooden club. The shaft is cylindrical and widens and flattens to either head, the larger of which flares to a rounded tip with a horizontal ridge. The smaller, similar to this, expands at a right angle from the shaft. [BS [OPS Move] 09/08/2016]
Geographical reference: Papua New Guinea
Oceania > Melanesia > Papua New Guinea; Solomon Islands
Oceania > Melanesia > Solomon Islands
Person: Field collector Norman Heywood Hardy; PRM source Robert Francis Wilkins
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1900
Date collected: By 1900
Acquisition information: Donated: 1900
Materials and processes: Material Palm Wood Plant, Process Carved
Dimensions: Depth: max 25 mm, Width: max 120 mm, Length: max 1435 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1900.55.478

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