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Object Number 99-12-70/53452
Display Title U'u (Large wooden club with carved double face)
Descriptions
Inventory Description Club, cylindrical handle, flared rounded head, face, incised designs
Classification
  • Club
Department Ethnographic
Date before 1899
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / France / French Polynesia
Additional Geographic Terms Marquesas Islands
Materials Wood
Dimensions Overall: 150.5 x 19.5 x 10.6 cm (59 1/4 x 7 11/16 x 4 3/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 53452
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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