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1886.1.1437

Brown wooden club. [MOBB [OPS move] 25/07/2016]

1886.1.1437

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Collection type
Object
Description
Brown wooden club. [MOBB [OPS move] 25/07/2016]
Long description
Brown wooden club. The club's blade is pointed at the top and has a prominent ridge down the middle of each side from which it decreases in thickness. There are also two prominent cross ridges at the junction of the handle part with the blade, which forms a kind of collar. The lower part of the handle is round and swells out a little at the bottom, with a small projecting piece left on the end. [MOBB [OPS move] 25/07/2016]
Geographical reference
Samoa
Oceania > Polynesia > Samoa
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1878
Date collected
By 1878
Acquisition information
Transferred: 10/02/1886
Materials and processes
Material Wood Plant, Process Carved
Dimensions
Depth: max 30 mm, Width: max 120 mm, Length: max 1030 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1886.1.1437 Other numbers: 320 1437 CCLXXIII
Research and responses

This object is not mentioned in Collectors Miscellaneous XI Accession Book entry - Ramsden coll pages 223 - 255 [AP 21/7/99]

Search terms: Weapon, Club

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