walking stick/sparring club; two opposed seated human figures (double 'tokwalu') carved near handle; incised S scroll design under figure; ebony; l. 110 cm. max. w. 4.5 cm.
Donor:
Joan Wescott
Collection place:
Milne Bay Province, Papua Region, Papua New Guinea
Verbatim coll. place:
Melanesia, Massim, Trobriand Is.
Culture or time period:
New Guinea, Papua Island
Collector:
Joan Wescott
Materials:
Ebony (wood) and Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Carvings (visual works)
Function:
2.1 Daily Garb
Accession date:
July 25, 1989
Context of use:
sparring clubs are customarily used in village brawls but not in formal warfare.