Description (CMS Description)
With carved grip and serrated blade
Event Date 10/6/1988
Author: maa

Context (CMS Context)
Labels & inscriptions: '64.152' inscribed in white ink on the side of the shaft.
Event Date 24/3/2013
Author: Lucie Carreau

Context (CMS Context)
Catalogue card 1 reads [handwritten in blue pen:] '64.152. Oceania. Fiji. Club (thulathula) with carved grip and serrated blade'. Donated by Miss M. G. Calvert 1964. Originally in the possession of her grandfather the Rev. James Calvert.' [stamped in black ink:] 'CUMAA 10 JAN 1988 TRANSCRIBED'. A small round red sticker pasted to the front of the card.
Catalogue card 2 reads [handwritten in blue pen:] '64.152. Oceania. Fiji. Club (thulathula) with carved frip and serrated blade. Donated by Miss M. G. Calvert 1964. Originally in the possession of her grandfather the Rev. James Calvert.'
Event Date 24/3/2013
Author: Lucie Carreau

Description (CMS Description)
Paddle club of dark wood, culacula. The head long and thin and slightly pointed at the top. The surface of the head divided in two by a slight slope running vertically. The side projections of the head are connected by a straight notched ridge. The notches (commemoration marks?) are very worn. One side projection has been broken and glued back. The shaft is circular in section. The handle (lower part of the shaft) is decorated with tavatava patterns forming horizontal bands of zigzags in low relief alternating with uncarved horizontal bands. The butt is slightly wider in section that the shaft and convex.
Event Date 24/3/2013
Author: maa