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Object Number 47-54-70/2580
Display Title Heavy wooden club - mushroom-shaped head
Descriptions
Inventory Description Club, carved wood, cylindrical shaft, mushroom shaped head, shiny, chipped
Classification
  • Club
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / France / New Caledonia
Materials Wood
Dimensions Overall: 65.8 x 12.5 x 12.3 cm (25 7/8 x 4 15/16 x 4 13/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 47-54-70/2580/ D.36.886/ New Caledonia/ or/ Loyalty Islands

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