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Object Number 88-51-70/51533
Display Title Club
Descriptions
Inventory Description Club, ridged and serrated head, cylindrical shaft, metal rod at end, fiber
Classification
  • Club
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Samoa
Dimensions Overall: 115.8 x 6.7 x 3.7 cm (45 9/16 x 2 5/8 x 1 7/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 51533/ Ex. ex. Sa##od Is
Provenance
Collector Capt. Charles Wilkes (1838-1840)
Exchange participant Smithsonian Institution (1888)

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