Club

Museum number:
11-38388
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21110038388
Accession number:
Acc.2173
Description:
Spatulate club; ochre ground; geometric designs, some cross-hatching on both faces; red and yellow ochre, black and white pigments
Donor:
Elizabeth Colson and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Yirrkala, Northeast Arnhem Land, Northern Territory
Culture or time period:
Aboriginal Australians
Collector:
Bruce D. Lawes
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Clubs (weapons)
Function:
5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Accession date:
1966
Department:
Oceania
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 4 titled Club, accession number 11-38388, described as Spatulate club; ochre ground; geometric designs, some cross-hatching on both faces; red and yellow ochre, black and white pigmentsHearst Museum object 2 of 4 titled Club, accession number 11-38388, described as Spatulate club; ochre ground; geometric designs, some cross-hatching on both faces; red and yellow ochre, black and white pigmentsHearst Museum object 3 of 4 titled Club, accession number 11-38388, described as Spatulate club; ochre ground; geometric designs, some cross-hatching on both faces; red and yellow ochre, black and white pigmentsHearst Museum object 4 of 4 titled Club, accession number 11-38388, described as Spatulate club; ochre ground; geometric designs, some cross-hatching on both faces; red and yellow ochre, black and white pigments

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