Club

Museum number:
11-39810
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21110039810
Accession number:
Acc.2006
Object count:
1
Description:
Sparring club of black palm (?) wood; sword shaped. 97.4 cm long, 7 cm wide. Used in informal fights, village brawls, arguments over gardens, pigs, women, sorcery, and breaches of etiquette; not used in formal warfare. Sometimes carried in mortuary ceremonies and annual feasts.
Donor:
Bronislaw Malinowski and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Milne Bay Province, Papua Region, Papua New Guinea
Collector:
Bronislaw Malinowski
Collection date:
1914-1920
Materials:
Palm wood
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Clubs (weapons)
Function:
1.7 Fighting, Warfare, and Social Control
Accession date:
1965
Department:
Oceania
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Club, accession number 11-39810, described as Sparring club of black palm (?) wood; sword shaped. 97.4 cm long, 7 cm wide. Used in informal fights, village brawls, arguments over gardens, pigs, women, sorcery, and breaches of etiquette; not used in formal warfare. Sometimes carried in mortuary ceremonies and annual feasts.

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