Accession No
1934.517
Description
Club - [From catalogue card:] 'War club with lug on each face at head. The design suggests a conventionalised human head. There is slight incised work on the head. The end is rectangular'.
Place
Oceania; Melanesia; Solomon Islands; Malaita Province; Malaita
Period
Source
Templeton Crocker, Charles [collector and donor]
Department
Anth
Reference Numbers
1934.517; C.486 [Templeton Crocker collection number]
Cultural Affliation
Material
Wood; Pigment
Local Term
Measurements
Events
Description (CMS Description)
Club of blackened wood, light in weight. Head is flat and slightly triangular with two projecting lugs suggesting a human face. The head is decorated with incised geometrical patterns as well as figures of ?dolphins and a bird. The shaft is rectangular in section.
Event Date 10/8/2015
Author: maa
Context (CMS Context)
Labels & inscriptions: '34,517' inscribed in white ink and 'C.486' inscribed in black ink.
Event Date 10/8/2015
Author: maa
Description (CMS Description)
[From catalogue card:] 'War club with lug on each face at head. The design suggests a conventionalised human head. There is slight incised work on the head. The end is rectangular'.
Event Date 10/8/2015
Author: maa
FM:268529
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