Carved and painted wooden club. [El.B 07/10/2008]

Collection type: Object
Description: Carved and painted wooden club. [El.B 07/10/2008]
Long description: Carved and painted wooden club. The handle is rounded and undecorated apart from a hole perforated at the end. The top half of the club is canoe shaped with carved triangular protrusions on two sides. At the base of the protrusions small holes are perforated through, some of these perforations contain the remnants of plant fibre textile suggesting the attachment of further ornaments. Red and black painting shows geometric patterns and figures. [El.B 07/10/2008]
Geographical reference: Solomon Islands
Oceania > Melanesia > Solomon Islands; Santa Cruz Islands
Person: Field collector Samuel Ward Payne; Field collector HMS Curaçoa; PRM source Julius Delmege Payne
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1865
Date collected: 25 August 1865
Acquisition information: Donated: 1933
Materials and processes: Material Wood Plant, Material Pigment, Material Plant Fibre Textile, Process Carved, Process Painted, Process Perforated
Dimensions: Length: max 890 mm, Width: max 45 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1933.38.33
Research and responses: NB Although named after the island of Curaçao, the name of the ship during the voyage of which this object was collected was HMS Curaçoa. [JC 1 2 2013]

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