Long Club Item Number: C49 a-b from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Long club or staff made of dark brown wood. One end has a long narrow spatula shape. The finial is elaborately carved with scrolls and a stylized face. The design is bilaterally symmetrical. The shaft has been cut in half (parts a-b). One piece (part a) has the finial with two pairs of scrolls one above the other on top of the head that has circle in oval in tapering oval eyes that have lines within, wide nostrils that curl inward from either side, a thin narrow ridged nose, and a w-shaped mouth. The other piece (part b) tapers down at one end where it has been cut and flares outward into a rounded spatula-shaped end.
Specific Techniques
Carved with stone tools.
Item History
- Made in New Zealand before 1927
- Collected between 1895 and 1927
- Owned by Frank Burnett before 1927
- Received from Frank Burnett (Donor) on July 25, 1927
What
Who
- Culture
- Maori
- Previous Owner
- Frank Burnett
- Received from
- Frank Burnett (Donor)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- New Zealand
When
- Creation Date
- before 1927
- Collection Date
- between 1895 and 1927
- Ownership Date
- before 1927
- Acquisition Date
- on July 25, 1927
Other
- Condition
- fair
- Accession Number
- 2191/0478 a-b