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Object Number
99-12-70/53473
Display Title
Club
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Club, spatulate and slightly knobbed ends, cylindrical shaft, red pigment
Classification
- Club
Department
Ethnographic
Date
before 1899
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
Papua New Guinea
/
<State>
/
New Britain
Materials
Wood, Pigment
Dimensions
Overall: 133.4 x 10.2 x 3 cm (52 1/2 x 4 x 1 3/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
53473
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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