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Object Number
47-54-70/2557
Display Title
Wooden club with fibre sling
Descriptions
Object Description
Wooden club with fibre sling, worn by very high ranking man. Sling is made of "burao" fiber. See Authorities and Bibliography for more info.
Inventory Description
Club, ridged head, barbed blades, loop of braided fiber, seed and feather tufts
Classification
- Club
Department
Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
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Vanuatu
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Malakula Island
Additional Geographic Terms
Malakula, northeast
Dimensions
Overall: 101.4 x 37 x 8.5 cm (39 15/16 x 14 9/16 x 3 3/8 in.)
Quantity
2
Label on object
47-54-70/2557; New Hebrides / 87804 hM / FENTON& SONS, Old Curiosity Shop, / 11
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