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Object Number 47-72-70/5327
Display Title Wooden fighting club
Descriptions
Inventory Description Club, star shaped head, blunt end, cylindrical shaft, knobbed end, chipped
Classification
  • Club
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Vanuatu
Additional Geographic Terms New Hebrides
Materials Wood
Dimensions Overall: 107.9 x 7 x 6.9 cm (42 1/2 x 2 3/4 x 2 11/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 47-72-70/5327

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