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Club - wooden handle and stone head
Club - wooden handle and stone head
Object Number 47-72-70/2771
Display Title Club - wooden handle and stone head
Descriptions
Object Description Club - wooden handle and stone head. See Authorities for more info.
Inventory Description Club, wood shaft, ridged and knobbed stone head, loose, woven fiber bands
Classification
  • Club
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Vanuatu / <State> / Rano Island
Oceania / Vanuatu
Materials Wood, Stone, Vegetable fiber
Dimensions Overall: 80.2 x 9.1 x 9.1 cm (31 9/16 x 3 9/16 x 3 9/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 47-72-70/2771; 106; L / 287

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