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Object Number
90-18-70/50652
Display Title
Carved sacred war club
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Club, carved wood, rounded end, tapering shaft, intricate zigzag carving
Classification
- Club
Department
Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
Samoa
Oceania / Tonga
Oceania / Tonga
Materials
Wood
Dimensions
Overall: 108.4 x 5.8 x 5.8 cm (42 11/16 x 2 5/16 x 2 5/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
50652
Provenance
Collector
Unknown
(before 1832)
Donor
Mrs. Lucy Nourse
(1890)
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