Wood club with perforated discoidal stone head. The cylindrical shaft tapers to a point at the butt and is bound at the head with strips of plaited plant fibre. [JC [OPS Move] 16/09/2016]

Collection type: Object
Description: Wood club with perforated discoidal stone head. The cylindrical shaft tapers to a point at the butt and is bound at the head with strips of plaited plant fibre. [JC [OPS Move] 16/09/2016]
Geographical reference: Papua New Guinea
Oceania > Melanesia > Papua New Guinea
Cultural groups: Anga
Person: Field collector Beatrice Mary Blackwood; PRM source Beatrice Mary Blackwood
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1937
Date collected: By 1937
Acquisition information: Donated: 1938
Materials and processes: Material Stone, Material Wood Plant, Material Plant Fibre, Process Carved, Process Perforated, Process Plaited, Process Bound
Dimensions: Diameter: max 165 mm, Length: max 665 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1938.36.819 Other numbers: Blackwood ii 786

Search terms: Weapon, Club

Further items to explore