club
- Museum number
- Oc,+.4896
- Description
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Club of wood, of hooked shape, with incised design on both sides of the head.
- Production date
- 19thC (before 1891)
- Dimensions
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Height: 61 centimetres
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Width: 29.50 centimetres
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Depth: 4.50 centimetres
- Curator's comments
- Register slip reads, apparently transcribed from previous catalogue:
San Cristoval club (once much longer)
The drawing indicates that the handle has broken off. The form is unlike other Solomon Islands clubs.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1891
- Acquisition notes
- Register slip reads (for collection Oc+4894 to Oc+4920):
Presented by the Rev. R. B. Comins 12 Jany. 1891
Rev. Richard Comins was a missionary with the Anglican Melanesian Mission, in Solomon Islands from 1877 to 1903 and on Norfolk Island from 1904 to 1912.
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Oc,+.4896
- Additional IDs
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CDMS number: Oc1891C2.4896 (old CDMS no.)