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Object Number 76-46-70/10792
Display Title U'u (Large wooden club with carved double face)
Descriptions
Inventory Description Staff or baton, cylindrical wood handle, carved, incised top in shape of head
Classification
  • Staff
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / France / French Polynesia / Marquesas Islands
Dimensions Overall: 152 x 18.5 x 13 cm (59 13/16 x 7 5/16 x 5 1/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 76-46-70/10792
Provenance
Donor Donated by Peabody Academy of Science

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