war club (club (weapons: bludgeon))

War club. The head of the club is flat and triangular in shape. The club has a long thin handle. The wood is stained a dark brown and the head is decorated with a white pattern. The base of the head is decorated with a variety of coloured feathers, with two long red feathers framing the sides of the club's head. String is wrapped around the end of the handle.

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object
MUSEUM NUMBER
27.8.49/19
PLACE
COLLECTION
MEASUREMENTS
overall: 86 x 622 x 165 mm
MATERIAL/TECHNIQUE
wood; feathers; string
CATEGORY
Anthropology: Ethnography
LOCATION
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