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Object Number 40-12-70/1869
Display Title Wooden war club
Descriptions
Inventory Description Club, cylindrical shaft, slightly tapered to pointed end, ridged, abraded tip
Classification
  • Club
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Konua
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Solomon islands / <State> / Bougainville Island
Materials Wood
Dimensions Overall: 128 x 5.2 x 3.5 cm (50 3/8 x 2 1/16 x 1 3/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 40-12-70/1869

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