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Object Number 18-25-70/D894
Display Title Club
Descriptions
Inventory Description Club, flattened blade, zoomorphic finial, crescent end, white pigmented incision
Classification
  • Club
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Papua New Guinea / Massim / Basilesk Island
Materials Wood, Pigment
Dimensions Overall: 74.8 x 7.5 x 1.8 cm (29 7/16 x 2 15/16 x 11/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object D-894

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