Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card handwritten in black ball point pen reads, 'A paddle-shaped club. The indented head is carved with a pair of transverse bands, and the keeled shaft terminates in a mitre-shaped butt. (L. 57.8")'
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Author: maa

Description (Labels & Markings)
Old adhered paper label reads: 'E 1907.455/ Club/ Easter Is./ (Bt Stevens sale, Lond, 1907) /* Professor Bevan, 1907.' The Easter Island provenance has been crossed out and replaced by 'MANGAIA' written in blue pencil. The later accession number 'Z 10654' has been added to the label in black ink.
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Author: Rachel Hand

Context (Acquisition Details)
Catalogue card for E 1907.455 notes, 'Purchased Stevens / Professor Bevan's donation'.
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Author: maa

Context (Related Documents)
Catalogue card for Z 5937 is staple-attached to E 1907.455.
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Author: Guey-Mei Hsu

Context (Analysis)
Note on catalogue card by MAA Curator, Dr Deborah Swallow: "Probably from further west. D.A. Swallow." [undated]
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Author: rachel hand

Context (Related Documents)
Catalogue card for Z 10654: Club of hard wood. Mangaia, Cook Islands. Purchased with a donation from Prof. Bevan from Steven's sale.
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Author: rachel hand

Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card for Z 10654: Club of hard wood.
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Author: rachel hand

Context (Amendments / updates)
This is not from Rapa Nui, and Mangaia is more likely.
From knowledge shared by Enerike Ngaara Te Manu Carrasco Hotus, an archaelogist from Rapa Nui on a visit to MAA
Event Date 13/5/2025
Author: rachel hand

Description (Labels & Markings)
Printed paper label with '327' adhered to shaft, presumaby the Steven's Sale no
Event Date 13/5/2025
Author: rachel hand