Club Item Number: Ie371 a-c from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Undecorated, unpainted, cylindrical brown wood shaft (a) with a knob on one end and an eight-pronged, roughly rectangular stone head (b) on the other end. In a groove on the shaft beyond the head, there is a triangular metal blade (c). A small ring of fibre encircles the shaft at the head. The club head is painted with radiating grey and orange lines, mostly worn away on the underside.
Cultural Context
warfare
Item History
- Made in Papua New Guinea ?
- Owned by Alan F. Pierce before March 21, 1980
- Received from Alan F. Pierce (Seller) and Museum of Anthropology Donations Fund (Funding source) on March 21, 1980
What
- Name
- Club
- Identification Number
- Ie371 a-c
- Type of Item
- club
- Material
- stone, pigment, fibre, metal and wood
- Manufacturing Technique
- carved, painted, knotted, sharpened and cut
- Overall
- height 90.0 cm, width 24.0 cm, depth 16.0 cm
- Part A
- height 85.3 cm, diameter 3.0 cm
- Part B
- height 2.0 cm, width 24.0 cm, depth 16.0 cm
- Part C
- height 3.0 cm, width 5.9 cm, depth 0.2 cm
Who
- Culture
- New Guinea
- Previous Owner
- Alan F. Pierce
- Received from
- Alan F. Pierce (Seller) and Museum of Anthropology Donations Fund (Funding source)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Papua New Guinea ?
When
- Ownership Date
- before March 21, 1980
- Acquisition Date
- on March 21, 1980
Other
- Item Classes
- metalwork
- Condition
- poor
- Accession Number
- 0619/0016