- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Wood club with cylindrical handle expanding towards the head which is studded with iron nails.
- Long description
- Wood club with cylindrical handle expanding towards the head which is studded with iron nails. Beyond this the wood tapers to a point at the distal end. Below the nails the wood is incised with a band of cross-hatching. The grip is very roughly carved and the butt is pointed. [JC [OPS Move] 17/10/2016]
- Geographical reference
- Queensland Darling Downs Jimbour
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1891
- Date collected
- By 1891
- Acquisition information
- Donated: 27/07/1891
- Dimensions
- Length: max 720 mm, Diameter: max 55 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1891.26.1
- Associated publications
- Listed under the heading 'Clubs (a) Tabri' on page 287 of the chapter on 'Museum Collections' in Aboriginal Pathways in Southeast Queensland and the Richmond River, by J. G. Steele (St Lucia , London, and New York: University of Queensland Press, 1984): '1891 26 1 Club from Jimbour, Darling Downs. Nails in the head. Donated by Sir H. Peck, 1891. Length 720 mm.' NB Examined by Steele. (Photocopy of chapter in RDF: Researchers: Steele.) [JC 18 10 2012]
1931.24.2Club with slightly curved shaft. [BS [OPS Move] 13/10/2016]1931.24.2
1884.12.207Club with ovoid, perforated stone head. The stone head is attached to the distal end with pitch. The wooden shaft tapers to a conical point with an incised band at the proximal end. [BS [OPS Move] 17/08/2016]1884.12.207
1911.7.3Club of spatulate form with elaborately carved handle. The blade widens towards the end which is decorated with a wide transverse groove on both faces. The handle is flared below the blade and has an expanded, ornamental butt. [JC [OPS Move] 01/08/2016]1911.7.3
1938.36.3Club with wooden shaft and perforated discoidal stone head. The stone has natural patterns of shell. [JC [OPS Move] 14/10/2016]1938.36.3