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Object Number 61-8-70/3934
Display Title Club
Descriptions
Inventory Description Club, carved, flaring spiked head, incised checkered design, curved shaft
Classification
  • Club
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Hawaiian
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / United States / Hawaii
Oceania / Fiji
Materials Wood
Dimensions Overall: 108 x 33 x 7.2 cm (42 1/2 x 13 x 2 13/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 61-8-70/3934
Provenance
Collector James Hunnewell
Donor William P. Hunnewell (October, 1953)
Donor Museum of Science, Boston (October, 1953 - Feb. 14, 1961)

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