Club Item Number: E 1905.218 from the MAA: University of Cambridge
A large club finely carved from the scapula of a whale. The grip is provided with finger grooves, ends in a flat disc pommel. The square ended blade bears sixteen notches on its cutting edge and is carved with the dragonfly and whale patterns. The design is expertly carved with ovoids and U- forms.; Good
The original European tribal names and, where possible, current tribal names have both been given in separate GLT fields.; Large whalewhale bone clubs were used by chiefs, as war weapons and badges of office.; Exhibited: Centenary Exhibition. New Anthropological displays, Artificial Curiosities case, 1990-.