Club with perforated discoidal stone head. [BS [OPS Move] 16/08/2016]

Collection type: Object
Description: Club with perforated discoidal stone head. [BS [OPS Move] 16/08/2016]
Long description: Club with perforated discoidal stone head with a length of wood plant (similar to willow) bound at either end of the club and bent around the shaft at the mid section. The shaft tapers to a carved butt with a collar and a flattened, pointed terminus. A series of bands of woven plant fibre and feathers are bound to the shaft and the proximal end and below the stone head. There is a plume of black, grey and yellow coloured feathers at the distal tip. [BS [OPS Move] 16/08/2016]
Geographical reference: Papua New Guinea
Oceania > Melanesia > Papua New Guinea; Oro Province Yodda River valley
Person: Field collector Henry Stewart Bonaventure Rohu; PRM source Henry Stewart Bonaventure Rohu
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1904
Date collected: Before 1904
Acquisition information: Purchased: 1904
Materials and processes: Material Stone, Material Wood Plant, Material Plant Fibre, Material Bird Feather, Process Carved, Process Bound, Process Plaited, Process Bent
Dimensions: Width: max 180 mm, Length: max 880 mm, Depth: max 155 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1904.60.13

Search terms: Weapon, Club

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