Object class: Percussive weapons / Culture or time period: Oceanian cultures / Function: 1.1 Hunting and Fishing - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

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Hearst Museum object titled Club, accession number 11-42848, described as Wooden club, incised, geometric design on blade, small, evenly spaced holes around edge of handle and across the end of the blade. 72.5 cm long. Purchased by donor from collector in Perimeta, Australia.

Hearst Museum object titled Club, accession number 11-40800, described as Club- pointed, carved handle, on grip area crisscross roughening; carved pattern of zigzag and loops; head of club pointed with one side diagonally cut; brown stained; used in hunting of birds and other mammals (i.e. when animal has been disabled possibly by spear, it is then clubbed); also used in fighting.

Hearst Museum object titled Club, accession number 11-40801, described as Club - long, cylindrical shaped; carved out handle; smooth body; dark stained. 66 cm long. Used in hunting of birds and mammals (i.e. after animal has been disabled by spear, it is then clubbed); also used for fighting.

Hearst Museum object titled Club, accession number 11-39586, described as Club, white whalebone, broad cleaver shaped, blade with edge small circular indentation handle end carved with geometric abstract anthropomorphic face, hole in handle. Blade made sharp enough to slit a man’s skull or cause deadly injury. Hole should have dogskin thong that fits over wrist. Native name: Wahaiki