Context (CMS Context)
Labels & inscriptions: an old label glued to the shaft reads: 'CLUB / GUADALCANAR / (SOLOMONS)' in brown ink [Walter Coote collection label].
Event Date 17/3/2016
Author: Lucie Carreau

Description (CMS Description)
Long club of heavy dark wood with a beak-shaped flat blade. On both sides, the base of the blade is carved a ‘W’ in low relief (possibly representing a frigate bird), from which runs a longitudinal ridge all the way to the tip of the blade. The shaft is circular in section with a tapering butt. The shaft is bound in two places with a small plait of plant fibre. The butt is chipped.
Event Date 17/3/2016
Author: Lucie Carreau

Description (CMS Description)
On catalogue card for 1941.14: '[one of an unknown quantity of] Clubs’.
Event Date 17/3/2016
Author: Lucie Carreau