club (general & multipurpose); club (weapons: bludgeon)

Tapering club from New Hebrides with a bulbous head closing to a conical tip and a flattened, spheroid pommel decorated with cruciform, floral motifs. Around the neck, there is a raised collar or discoidal form, which has been broken off in several places.
label: Old label with object says: "New Hebrides Club. Sent in error from the National Museum of Wales, Cardiff (Not catalogued) See 36.144"

fighting

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