War club

Museum number:
11-2091
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21110002091
Accession number:
Acc.638
Description:
Wooden war club. Red and white ochre design on blade; handle wrapped with chord. This is a club, but it has been decorated with maraiin designs, so it has been used in a ritual context.
Donor:
William Lloyd Warner
Collection place:
Northeast Arnhem Land, Arnhem Land, Northern Territory
Culture or time period:
Aboriginal Australians
Collector:
William Lloyd Warner
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
1.7 Fighting, Warfare, and Social Control
Accession date:
1929
Department:
Oceania
Dimensions:
length 140.5 centimeters
Loans:
S1958-1959 #4: Winfield Scott Wellington (April 3, 1959–unknown)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 7 titled War club, accession number 11-2091, described as Wooden war club. Red and white ochre design on blade; handle wrapped with chord. This is a club, but it has been decorated with maraiin designs, so it has been used in a ritual context.Hearst Museum object 2 of 7 titled War club, accession number 11-2091, described as Wooden war club. Red and white ochre design on blade; handle wrapped with chord. This is a club, but it has been decorated with maraiin designs, so it has been used in a ritual context.Hearst Museum object 3 of 7 titled War club, accession number 11-2091, described as Wooden war club. Red and white ochre design on blade; handle wrapped with chord. This is a club, but it has been decorated with maraiin designs, so it has been used in a ritual context.Hearst Museum object 4 of 7 titled War club, accession number 11-2091, described as Wooden war club. Red and white ochre design on blade; handle wrapped with chord. This is a club, but it has been decorated with maraiin designs, so it has been used in a ritual context.Hearst Museum object 5 of 7 titled War club, accession number 11-2091, described as Wooden war club. Red and white ochre design on blade; handle wrapped with chord. This is a club, but it has been decorated with maraiin designs, so it has been used in a ritual context.Hearst Museum object 6 of 7 titled War club, accession number 11-2091, described as Wooden war club. Red and white ochre design on blade; handle wrapped with chord. This is a club, but it has been decorated with maraiin designs, so it has been used in a ritual context.Hearst Museum object 7 of 7 titled War club, accession number 11-2091, described as Wooden war club. Red and white ochre design on blade; handle wrapped with chord. This is a club, but it has been decorated with maraiin designs, so it has been used in a ritual context.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled War club, accession number 11-2091, described as Wooden war club. Red and white ochre design on blade; handle wrapped with chord. This is a club, but it has been decorated with maraiin designs, so it has been used in a ritual context.

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