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Object Number 99-12-70/53453
Display Title State club
Descriptions
Inventory Description Club, cylindrical handle, fiber wrapped base, carved head, anthropomorphic
Classification
  • Club
Department Ethnographic
Date before 1899
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / France / French Polynesia
Additional Geographic Terms Marquesas Islands
Materials Wood, Fiber
Dimensions Overall: 146 x 16.5 x 8.3 cm (57 1/2 x 6 1/2 x 3 1/4 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 53453
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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