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Object Number
996-21-70/5607
Display Title
Wood club
Descriptions
Indigenous Term
Ula
Object Description
Wood club - ula, with bulbous head carved from root mass of sapling into gadrooned element with seven lobes. Handle grip carved with zigzag vertical bands and upper shaft transversely cut with nineteen irregular parallel notches. Shaft marked with earlier catalogue numbers: in ink 688/30 and incised 2229. Large vertical fissure in one lobe of striking section. Covered with varnish or other non-indigenous coating.
Inventory Description
Club, carved wood, lobed head, chip carved handle, notched, split, shiny
Classification
- Club
Department
Ethnographic
Date
Mid 19th century
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
Fiji?
Materials
Wood
Dimensions
Overall: 40.5 x 10.5 x 8.5 cm (15 15/16 x 4 1/8 x 3 3/8 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
996-21-70/5607/ 688/30/ 2229
Provenance
Collector
Erwin N. Griswold
(1/59)
Donor
Harriet Griswold
(7/17/96)
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|
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