- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Pointed wooden club. [CW [OPS Move] 18/10/2016]
- Long description
- Pointed wooden club. The shaft of the club is cylindrical tapering towards a point butt and distal end. the surface is decorated with longitudinal grooves. The butt end is roughened. [CW [OPS Move] 18/10/2016]
- Geographical reference
- Queensland Bowen River
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1900
- Date collected
- By 1900
- Acquisition information
- Donated: 1900
- Materials and processes
- Material Wood Plant, Process Carved
- Dimensions
- Length: max 680 mm, Diameter: max 31 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1900.55.53
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