Club, tongan form but Fijian carving

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Object Number 99-12-70/53441

Display Title Club, tongan form but Fijian carving

Descriptions

Inventory Description Club, carved wood, tapering paddle shape, ridged, zigzag and linear carving

Classification

Club

Department Ethnographic

Date before 1899

Geography/Provenience/Site Name

Oceania / Fiji
Oceania / Tonga

Materials Wood

Dimensions Overall: 111.4 x 11.7 x 3.4 cm (43 7/8 x 4 5/8 x 1 5/16 in.)

Quantity 1

Label on object 53441

Credit Line Gift of the Heirs of David Kimball, 1899

Provenance

Provenance Boston Museum

Donor David P. Kimball

Donor Augusta K. Horton

Donor L. Cushing Kimball

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