Club with elliptical, perforated stone head. The wooden shaft is bound with plaited plant fibre above and below the stone head. The perforation around the shaft is filled with a possibly resinous substance inset with with teeth at the top. There is an expanded collar at the butt of the shaft. [BS [OPS Move] 02/08/2016]

Collection type: Object
Description: Club with elliptical, perforated stone head. The wooden shaft is bound with plaited plant fibre above and below the stone head. The perforation around the shaft is filled with a possibly resinous substance inset with with teeth at the top. There is an expanded collar at the butt of the shaft. [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: Depth: max 80 mm, Width: max 95 mm, Length: max 720 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1938.36.408 Other numbers: Blackwood ii 408

Search terms: Weapon, Club

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