Club with round, perforated stone head. The stone head is attached to the distal end with a white coloured material (possibly lime and/or resin). The wooden shaft tapers to a slightly expanded conical point at the proximal end and the distal end, above the stone head, expands abruptly to a squared off end. The edge of the distal end is decorated with an incised zigzag band. [BS [OPS Move] 17/08/2016]

Collection type: Object
Description: Club with round, perforated stone head. The stone head is attached to the distal end with a white coloured material (possibly lime and/or resin). The wooden shaft tapers to a slightly expanded conical point at the proximal end and the distal end, above the stone head, expands abruptly to a squared off end. The edge of the distal end is decorated with an incised zigzag band. [BS [OPS Move] 17/08/2016]
Geographical reference: Papua New Guinea
Oceania > Melanesia > Papua New Guinea; New Britain Bismarck Archipelago
Person: Field collector H.A. Tufnell; Field collector Henry Archibald Tufnell; Field collector Sir William MacGregor; PRM source Henry Anson
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1899
Date collected: By 1899
Acquisition information: Donated: 1899.
Materials and processes: Material Wood Plant, Material Stone, Material Lime, Material Resin Plant, Process Carved
Dimensions: Length: max 1100 mm, Diameter: max 90 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1899.62.753
Research and responses: There is a photograph in the Photos Archive of six clubs collected by Tufnell (1998.186.24 .2) & another of 8 clubs (1998.186.24 .3). This object may feature in one of them. [CF 15/5/2001]

Search terms: Weapon, Club

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