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
Donor:
Martha F. Curry and Mrs. Dale Parks
Collection place:
New Zealand
Culture or time period:
Maori
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Clubs (weapons)
Function:
1.1 Hunting and Fishing
Accession date:
May 1970
Department:
Oceania
Loans:
S1980-1981 #79: History of Art (UC Berkeley)/Jerome Feldman (June 25, 1981–August 5, 1981)