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Club

Object Number:P2275
Current Location: Collections Storage
Provenience: Samoa Islands
Date Made: Before 1911
Early Date: 1901
Late Date: 1911
Section:Oceanian
Materials:Wood
Length: 89.3 cm
Width: 13 cm
Credit Line:Purchased from W. O. Oldman; Subscription of Herbert L. Clark in memory of Edward W. Clark, 1911
Other Number:20589 - Dealer's Number

Description

Long wooden club, flaring to end, with four pairs of faceted bilateral teeth, increasing in size as they approach the concave crutch-like end, Tuvalu type, except for this atypical end.

Current & Past Exhibitions:

Weapons and Defense (27 Oct 1951 - 06 Jan 1952) View Objects in Exhibition

Bibliography:

[Book] Mallon, Sean. 2002. Samoan Art & Artists.. Honolulu. University of Hawai'i Press. Type Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: pp. 95-96View Objects related to this Type Citation
[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. 60View Objects related to this Actual Citation
[Book] Churchill, William. 1917. Club Types of Nuclear Polynesia.. Carnegie Institution of Washington. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: pp. 54-55; Pl. III, fView Objects related to this Actual Citation

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