Context (Related Documents)
Beatrice Lock notebook VH1/8/8 notes under 'Tongan Clubs 1-37 AvH', #No. 4. 'OXV.3. '"Paddler", head carved, shaft plain/ B.P. & In the Case'.
Added in pencil 'Wardour St, ?1881'. Includes 2 additions pasted to the page: a rubbing one of the figures and triangular shapes above and a pencil sketch of the outline designs.
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Author: Rachel Hand

Description (Labels & Markings)
Pasted paper label notes in black ink 'Hügel/ Colln/4'
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Author: Rachel Hand

Description (Labels & Markings)
Pasted paper label notes in pencil 'Hügel Colln/ Deposit'
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Author: Rachel Hand

Description (Labels & Markings)
Written in white ink on the shaft 'O.XV.3' an early von Hügel numbering system in which O= Oceania, XV = Tonga.
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Author: Rachel Hand

Context (Field collection)
Purchased by Baron von Hügel from an antique or curiosity shop, Wardour Street, London, possibly in 1881.
Event Date 1881
Author: Rachel Hand

Description (Physical description)
Apa'apai. Wooden club with five horizontal bands, the top four pf which are incised not raised. Finely carved with ideograms representing human figures holding clubs and possibly juggling, as well as plants, birds and other shapes which may represent kava bowls and headrests. Plain shaft and pierced lug at base (damaged).
Event Date 18/7/2025
Author: Rachel Hand