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Wooden club with bird head, 30.5 in. h.
Wooden club with bird head, 30.5 in. h.
Object Number 973-24-70/5347
Display Title Wooden club with bird head, 30.5 in. h.
Descriptions
Inventory Description Club, head carved in form of bird-like head, handle wrapped with red cloth
Classification
  • Raw Material
  • Club
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / France / New Caledonia
Materials Wood Plant fiber Cloth Dye , Cotton fiber Vegetable fiber Animal hair
Dimensions Overall: 77 x 61 x 12 cm (30 5/16 x 24 x 4 3/4 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 973-24-70/#347 / 5347
Provenance
Donor Donated by Estate of Eliot Elisofon

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