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Object Number
93-10-70/48115
Display Title
Club carved from whalebone (wahaika)
Descriptions
Indigenous Term
Wahaika
Inventory Description
Club, carved wood, flattened, curved, incised designs on handle tip, center
Classification
- Club
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Maori
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
New Zealand
Materials
Wood Shell
Dimensions
Overall: 39 x 12.5 x 2.5 cm (15 3/8 x 4 15/16 x 1 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
48115
Provenance
Collector
Unknown
Seller
World's Columbian Exposition
(1893)
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