Object name: Club / Function: 1.7 Fighting, Warfare, and Social Control - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

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Hearst Museum object titled Club, accession number 11-429, described as Small club, grooved head

Hearst Museum object titled Club, accession number 11-39808, described as Sparring club of black ebony wood (Diospyros species), sawtoothed blade, designs (incised) incompleted. 60.8 cm long, 8.5 cm wide. Used in informal fights, village brawls, arguments over gardens, pigs, women, sorcery, and breaches of etiquette; not used in formal warfare. Sometimes carried in mortuary ceremonies and annual feasts.

Hearst Museum object titled Club, accession number 11-736, described as Flat wooden club, carved

Hearst Museum object titled Club, accession number 11-2881, described as Club, incised handle, sinnet wrapping. 1 bag of fragments.

Hearst Museum object titled Club, accession number 11-39793, described as Sparring club of carved palm wood,with incompleted linear patterns. Sword-shaped truncated tip. 57 cm long, 7.3 cm wide. Used in informal fights, village brawls, arguments over gardens, pigs, women, sorcery, and breaches of etiquette; not used in formal warfare. Sometimes carried in mortuary ceremonies and annual feasts.

Hearst Museum object titled Club, accession number 11-1520, described as Tapering club of hard wood, head consisting of merely enlarged stem of club; projecting disk at handle.

Hearst Museum object titled Club, accession number 11-39795, described as Sparring club of black carved palm wood, incised linear patterns. Sword-shaped with truncated tip. 64.5 cm long, 7.5 cm wide. Used in informal fights, village brawls, arguments over gardens, pigs, women, sorcery, and breaches of etiquette; not used in formal warfare. Sometimes carried in mortuary ceremonies and annual feasts.

Hearst Museum object titled Club, accession number 11-39796, described as Sparring club of black ebony wood (Diospyros species), incised linear patterns filled with red and white paint; sword-shaped with truncated tip. 64 cm long, 10.5 cm wide. Used in informal fights, village brawls, arguments over gardens, pigs, women, sorcery, and breaches of etiquette; not used in formal warfare. Sometimes carried in mortuary ceremonies and annual feasts.

Hearst Museum object titled Club, accession number 11-39791, described as Sparring club of black, mahogany-like wood, incised linear patterns. Sword-shaped with truncated tip. Row of holes for tassels on end. Same style as 11-39794 and staffs 11-39850-55. 55 cm long, 10 cm wide. Used in informal fights, village brawls, arguments over gardens, pigs, women, sorcery, and breaches of etiquette; not used in formal warfare. Sometimes carried in mortuary ceremonies and annual feasts.

Hearst Museum object titled Club, accession number 11-434, described as Straight club

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