War club

Museum number:
11-43487
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21110043487
Accession number:
Acc.4280
Description:
Club, throwing, hardwood, one piece; root left attached to sapling used as handle; root carved, leaving parallel vertical ridges; mace shaped. Used in warfare. -43487 28.5 cm long, (root diameter) 7.5 cm -43488 geometric design incised into end of handle; 37.3 cm long, (root diameter) 7.0 cm
Donor:
Francis E. Cornwall and Nina Maguire
Collection place:
Samoa
Culture or time period:
Samoan
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Carvings (visual works)
Function:
1.7 Fighting, Warfare, and Social Control
Accession date:
1987
Department:
Oceania
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled War club, accession number 11-43487, described as Club, throwing, hardwood, one piece; root left attached to sapling used as handle; root carved, leaving parallel vertical ridges; mace shaped. Used in warfare. -43487 28.5 cm long, (root diameter) 7.5 cm -43488 geometric design incised into end of handle; 37.3 cm long, (root diameter) 7.0 cm

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