club
- Museum number
- Oc,NZ.82
- Description
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Whalebone club, patu paraoa : thick blade, definite shoulders, large traditional hole, six raised ridges on butt; thick flat braided-flax cord, now separated from club and in two pieces.
- Dimensions
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Height: 46.50 centimetres
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Width: 12 centimetres
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Depth: 2.50 centimetres
- Curator's comments
- Starzecka, Neich & Pendergrast 2010
Comments: 1830s–40s (RN); South Island, eighteenth century (DRS).
- Location
- Not on display
- Condition
- Flax fibre cord in poor condition
- Acquisition notes
- Acquisition details unknown.
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Oc,NZ.82
- Additional IDs
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CDMS number: Oc????D19.82 (old CDMS no.)