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Object Number
67-10-70/352
Display Title
War club (or badge of office?)
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Club, cylindrical handle, incised carving, long, quarter circle head, flat
Classification
- Club
Department
Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
New Zealand
Materials
Wood
Dimensions
Overall: 146 x 18 x 2.5 cm (57 1/2 x 7 1/16 x 1 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
352
Provenance
Donor
Massachusetts Historical Society
(1867)
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 69-20-70/1385 | Badge of office - club |
Club
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New Zealand
| |
| 2004.24.17263 | Carved cane, club, badge of office, spear, grave post |
Tonga
| ||
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for Club or badge of office?
| 78-5-70/13945 | Club or badge of office? |
Papua New Guinea?
| ||
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|
Angola
| |
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Staff
|
Mangaia Island
| |
| 69-9-70/1193 | Badge of office |
Paddle
|
Marquesas Islands
| |
| 69-9-70/1199 | U'u (Large wooden club with double carved face) |
Club
|
Marquesas Islands
| |
| 985-27-10/60205 | War club handle. Blade is missing. Slit down edge for blade. Carved designs |
Club
|
United States
| |
| 99-12-70/53493 | War club (tewha-tewha) |
Club
|
New Zealand
| |
| 69-20-70/1366 | Ornamented paddles - badges of office |
Paddle
|
Oceania?
| |
| 999-34-70/5835 | War club |
Club
|
Fiji
| |
| 2004.29.5790 | Raven skin badges of office; collected by Captains Lewis and Clark |
United States
|