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Club, carved wooden ceremonial
Object Number 48-56-70/3162
Display Title Club, carved wooden ceremonial
Descriptions
Inventory Description Club, carved wood, incised, face on handle and blade, shell inlay
Classification
  • Club
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Maori
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / New Zealand
Materials Wood, Shell
Dimensions Overall: 41 x 12 x 2.5 cm (16 1/8 x 4 3/4 x 1 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 48-56-70/3162
Provenance
Collector Dr. Harry Clark (1917 - 1948)

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