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Object Number
2016.2.3
Display Title
War club, "supe" or "subi"
Descriptions
Object Description
War club, "supe" or "subi"; carved wooden body with raised cross form; shaft wrapped in plant fiber rope, coated with resin(?), cracking
Inventory Description
War club, "supe" or "subi"; carved wooden body with raised cross form, diamond shape, tapered to point, shaft wrapped in plant fiber rope, coated with resin(?), cracking
Classification
- Club
Department
Ethnographic
Date
1968 or earlier
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
Solomon islands
/
<State>
/
Malaita Island
Materials
Wood , Plant fiber cordage , Resin?
Dimensions
Overall: 4.2 × 95 × 20 cm (1 5/8 × 37 3/8 × 7 7/8 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
2016.2.3
Credit Line
Gift of Anthropological and Medical Expedition to Solomon Islands by Prof. Melvin E. Clouse, MD, a member of the Expedition
Provenance
Collector
Prof. Melvin E. Clouse, MD
(1968-2016)
Donor
Donated by
Prof. Melvin E. Clouse, MD
(1968-2016)
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