Club Item Number: C885 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Dark brown wooden club that tapers to a point. The club's head is made from a spherical stone pieced through the centre by the shaft. A small amount of pitch remains on the interior of the stone.
Specific Techniques
According to Burnett, the holes in the stones of these clubs was made by placing a rock "in a slow fire of cocoanut shells which give out an immense heat," and allowing it to become red hot. Then it is removed from the fire and drops of water are dripped on it "from a hole in a cocoanut vessel, drop by drop, each drop falling exactly on the same place. That portion of the stone on which the water falls cracks and flies off until the heat has gone out of the stone." The process is repeated until "with the aid of a bone pick, a hole is formed through the centre."
Item History
- Made in New Ireland, Papua New Guinea ? 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
- Western Melanesia
- Previous Owner
- Frank Burnett
- Received from
- Frank Burnett (Donor)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- New Ireland, Papua New Guinea ?
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
- 2191/1192