club(?);
dagger(?)
- Museum number
- Oc,VAN.269
- Description
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Club-like weapon, "pahoa", dagger (?) of hard dark brown wood, oval section. Perforated in the middle to attach a long loop of stout pale cord.
- Production date
- 18thC (?)
- Dimensions
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Height: 76 centimetres
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Width: 6.50 centimetres
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Depth: 5 centimetres
- Curator's comments
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Do not confuse with similar item VAN.269*, for which see separate record.
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Registration slip description, written in 1891?:
Hawaii
Club like weapon of hard dark brown wood, oval section. It is straight & squared at one end diminishing gradually to a point at the other. It is perforated in the middle to admit a long loop of stout pale cord (English rope).
"Pahoa or Dagger"
M.S. Cat. 54
- Location
- Not on display
- Exhibition history
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Exhibited:
1975 – 1985 12 Dec-23 Jun, London, BM, Museum of Mankind, Hawaii
- Acquisition date
- 1891
- Acquisition notes
- Presented by A.W. Franks Esqre 16 March 1891 [Hewett]
Collected on George Vancouver's voyage to Hawaii and the NW coast of North America 1791-1795.
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Oc,VAN.269
- Additional IDs
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CDMS number: Oc1891C25.269 (old CDMS no.)