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Object Number 47-54-70/2481
Display Title Spatulate club, with median and transverse ridges. Grip bound in sinew.
Descriptions
Inventory Description Club, diamond shape ridged head, shaft wrapped with fiber, flaring knobbed end
Classification
  • Club
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Solomon islands / <State> / Malaita Island
Dimensions Overall: 72.9 x 15 x 2.9 cm (28 11/16 x 5 7/8 x 1 1/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 47-54-70/2481; D.22.714

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