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Object Number
970-29-70/4762
Display Title
War club ("subi"), in the shape of a clitoris, 82 cm l. x 22.5 cm w.
Descriptions
Indigenous Term
subi
Inventory Description
Club, diamond ridged head, tapered to crescent end, resin coated fiber wrapping
Classification
- Club
Department
Ethnographic
Artist
Bakalei Maesua
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
Solomon islands
Additional Geographic Terms
Malaita, North; Lau Lagoon; Lafumaasi village
Materials
Wood, Vegetable fiber, Resin
Dimensions
Overall: 82.5 x 22.4 x 4.3 cm (32 1/2 x 8 13/16 x 1 11/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
970-29-70/4762/ 6
Provenance
Collector
Pierre Maranda
(1970)
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