Club with spheroidal perforated stone head. The wooden shaft tapers to a point and is bound with plaited plant fibre above and below the stone head. The perforation around the shaft is filled with a possibly resinous substance. [BS [OPS Move] 02/08/2016]

Collection type: Object
Description: Club with spheroidal perforated stone head. The wooden shaft tapers to a point and is bound with plaited plant fibre above and below the stone head. The perforation around the shaft is filled with a possibly resinous substance. [BS [OPS Move] 02/08/2016]
Geographical reference: Papua New Guinea
Oceania > Melanesia > Papua New Guinea; Morobe Province
Cultural groups: Anga
Person: Field collector Beatrice Mary Blackwood; PRM source Beatrice Mary Blackwood
Date / Period: Date made: On or before 1937
Date collected: 1936 - 1937
Acquisition information: Donated: 1938
Materials and processes: Material Wood Plant, Material Stone, Process Carved, Process Flaked, Process Ground, Process Perforated
Dimensions: Diameter: max 75 mm, Length: max 670 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1938.36.398 Other numbers: Blackwood ii 398

Search terms: Weapon, Club

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