club
- Museum number
- Oc1855,1220.293
- Description
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Club, paddle-shaped, of wood, with residue of ochre decoration in black, red and white.
- Dimensions
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Length: 94.50 centimetres
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Width: 11 centimetres
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Depth: 3 centimetres
- Curator's comments
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Similar to painted ceremonial clubs from Arnhem Land, Northern Territory. Being from Haslar Hospital, possible association with Port Essington region. Objects from Port Essington were collected by Richard Tilston and bequeathed to Haslar Hospital Museum on his death in 1849. See D. Simpson 2020, The Royal Navy in Indigenous Australia, 1795-1855.
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Description from Extracts from the British and Medieval Register 1757-1878, p.191:
293. Wooden club, Australian, bat-shaped, engraving on flat handle, remains of black red and white painting. Length 3 feet 1 inch.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1855
- Acquisition notes
- Presented by the Lords of the Admiralty through Sir John Liddell, C.B. (the Museum of Haslar Hospital)
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Oc1855,1220.293
