Club

Maker
Unknown Maker
Description
A club in two parts. Brown wooden shaft with a ridge and knob at the upper end and woven natural fibre band at the bottom end. Below the decorative band the shaft is shaped to fit the head. The stone head is shaped like a wheel with thirteen points. There is a central hole to fit the shaft.
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Object detail

Maker
Media/Materials
Wooden shaft with natural fibre binding/decoration and metal head.
Measurements
Part a Shaft - 762mm length
Part a Shaft - 33mm diameter
Part b Head - 115mm diameter [verified]
Part b Head - 35mm depth [verified]
Production place
New Guinea, Melanesia, Oceania
Collection
Ethnology
Department collection type
Ethnology
Credit line
Collection of Waikato Museum Te Whare Taonga o Waikato
Accession number
1977/62/1

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