Fighting club

Museum number:
11-39681
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.2431
Description:
club; carved hardwood shaft with “pineapple” shaped knob at upper end; handle incised, 70 cm long. Native name: nil-li. Used for fighting.
Donor:
W. Sprott Boyd
Collection place:
Queensland, Australia
Culture or time period:
Aboriginal Australians
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Carvings (visual works)
Function:
1.7 Fighting, Warfare, and Social Control
Accession date:
1968
Department:
Oceania
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Fighting club, accession number 11-39681, described as club; carved hardwood shaft with “pineapple” shaped knob at upper end; handle incised, 70 cm long. Native name: nil-li. Used for fighting.

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