club
- Museum number
- Oc.1690
- Description
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Club (gata) made of wood, the upper part of which is inlaid with pieces of whale tooth.
- Dimensions
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Height: 102.50 centimetres
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Width: 19.50 centimetres
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Depth: 7 centimetres
- Curator's comments
- Christy collection registration slip description, written in the 1860s?:
Fejee Islands
Club dark brown wood, inlaid on the upper part with small pieces of whale's tooth cut into crescents, stars &c. The head is semicircular with projecting beak. The handle is carved with lines, zigzags &c with a double spiral base.
See Williams, Fijians I.77
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1866
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Oc.1690
- Additional IDs
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CDMS number: Oc1866C1.1690 (old CDMS no.)