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Object Number
67-24-70/620
Display Title
Wooden club
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Wooden club, long fiber and reed wrapped handle, multi-lobed head
Classification
- Club
Department
Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
Fiji
Materials
Wood, Vegetable fiber, Reed
Dimensions
Overall: 112 x 12 x 11 cm (44 1/8 x 4 3/4 x 4 5/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
620 / 3231 / ExEx / Fiji Is.
Provenance
Collector
Capt. Charles Wilkes
(1838-1842)
Collector
U.S. Exploring Expedition
(1838-1842)
Donor
Smithsonian Institution
(1867)
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