Club - P2272 | Collections

Object Number:	P2272
Current Location:	Collections Storage
Provenience:	Samoa Islands
Section:	Oceanian
Materials:	Wood
Length:	116 cm
Width:	14.5 cm
Credit Line:	Purchased from W. O. Oldman; Subscription of Herbert L. Clark in memory of Edward W. Clark, 1911
Other Number:	23386 - Dealer's Number

Description

Long wooden club, flaring to end, with six pairs of faceted bilateral teeth: the final pair are the sides of the club's diamond-shaped end. Talavalu type.

Bibliography:

[Article] Sebbelov, Gerda. Sep 1911. "The E.W. Clark Collection: Polynesia". The Museum Journal. Philadelphia. The University Museum. Vol. 2. no. 3. pg. 60-67 Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 60

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