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Object Number
40-12-70/1722
Display Title
Wooden war club - handle & thick part have triangular cross section +
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Club, ridged ovate head, tiny carved human head at tip, long shaft, pointed end
Classification
- Club
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Siwai
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
Solomon islands
/
<State>
/
Bougainville Island
Materials
Wood
Dimensions
Overall: 125.7 x 7.3 x 3 cm (49 1/2 x 2 7/8 x 1 3/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
40-12-70/1722; PIKU PIKU - (Siwa) Noro. Nai / From Kukupiruhi Tree
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