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Object Number
2011.19.24
Display Title
Wooden club
Descriptions
Object Description
Wooden club, head is spherical and rounded with a pointed apex, thin rim connecting the head to the shaft, the shaft tapers and ends with a conical point, the wood is dark brown, slight discoloration around rim below the head
Inventory Description
Club, wood cylindrical staff, tapered tip, spherical head
Classification
- Club
Department
Ethnographic
Date
1965 or earlier
Culture
- Maasai
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
/
Tanzania
Materials
Wood
Dimensions
Other: 59.9 x 6.5 x 6.5 cm (23 9/16 x 2 9/16 x 2 9/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
2011.19.24
Credit Line
Gift of André J. Navez, Harvard '55
Provenance
Collector
André J. Navez
(-7/19/2011)
Donor
Donated by
André J. Navez
(-7/19/2011)
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