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Object Number
99-12-70/53471
Display Title
Club
Descriptions
Object Description
Club, with unusual carving on the handle
Inventory Description
Club, knobbed head, fiber binding, incised ridged discoidal carved end
Classification
- Club
Department
Ethnographic
Date
before 1899
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
Vanuatu
/
<State>
/
Tanna Island?
Additional Geographic Terms
Malakula, east, northeastern
Materials
Wood, Vegetable fiber, Hair?
Dimensions
Overall: 100.3 x 5.8 x 5.6 cm (39 1/2 x 2 5/16 x 2 3/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
53471; 99-12-70/53471
Credit Line
Gift of the Heirs of David Kimball, 1899
Provenance
Provenance
Boston Museum
Donor
David P. Kimball
Donor
L. Cushing Kimball
Donor
Augusta K. Horton
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