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Object Number
99-12-70/53475
Display Title
Club
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Club, spatulate pointed head, knobbed end, fiber wrapped grip, stained
Classification
- Club
Department
Ethnographic
Date
before 1899
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
Solomon islands
/
<State>
/
Malaita Island
Materials
Wood, Vegetable fiber
Dimensions
Overall: 72.7 x 8.7 x 2.3 cm (28 5/8 x 3 7/16 x 7/8 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
53475
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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