Club - P2273 | Collections

Object Number:	P2273
Current Location:	Collections Storage
Provenience:	Samoa Islands
Section:	Oceanian
Materials:	Wood
Length:	113.4 cm
Width:	12 cm
Credit Line:	Purchased from W. O. Oldman; Subscription of Herbert L. Clark in memory of Edward W. Clark, 1911
Other Number:	18264 - Dealer's Number

Description

Wooden club, flaring to end, which has a diamond shaped crossection. Six transversly projecting sets of parallel raised ridges ( from bottom, 2, 6, 8, 10, and 10 ridges, the top set 8 nested chvrons).

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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