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Wooden club
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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