Accession No
1934.518
Description
Club - [From catalogue card:] 'War club with lug on each face at head. The design suggests a conventionalised human face. There is very slight incised work at the head. This has been rubbed with powdered lime to suggest white decoration along the incised lines.'
Place
Oceania; Melanesia; Solomon Islands; Malaita Province; Malaita
Period
Source
Templeton Crocker, Charles [collector and donor]
Department
Anth
Reference Numbers
1934.518; C.483 [Templeton Crocker collection number]
Cultural Affliation
Material
Wood; Pigment
Local Term
Measurements
Events
Description (CMS Description)
Club of light wood. Flat triangular face carved with two lugs suggesting a human face. Geometrical incisions at the top of the head, in-filled with line. Handle is circular in section. A few cracks along the shaft.
Event Date 10/8/2015
Author: maa
Context (CMS Context)
Labels & inscriptions: 'C.483.' in black ink on the handle. '34.518' above the handle.
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 face. There is very slight incised work at the head. This has been rubbed with powdered lime to suggest white decoration along the incised lines.'
Event Date 10/8/2015
Author: maa
FM:268530
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