club
- Museum number
- Oc1957,04.34
- Description
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Ceremonial club made of wood, forked, pigmented red and white.
- Production date
- 1957 (before)
- Dimensions
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Height: 52 centimetres
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Width: 4.60 centimetres
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Depth: 1.20 centimetres
- Curator's comments
- Register 1957
34, 35: Ceremonial objects made of wood, forked, coloured red and white.
"PORT DARWIN district", N.Territory, Australia.
(Oc1957,04 series): The residue of the collection of Mr E O Armytage, who formerly lived in the house now occupied by the vendor.
- Location
- Not on display
- Exhibition history
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1972-1982 23 Jun-28 Feb, London, BM, Museum of Mankind, The Aborigines of Australia
- Acquisition date
- 1957
- Acquisition notes
- Register reads for collection Oc1957,04:
Bought from N. W. Shillito, Esq., £20 c/o Lloyds Bank, Ltd., 21 Austin Friars, London E.C.2.
The residue of the collection of Mr E. O. Armytage, who formerly lived in the house now occupied by the vendor. Some, or all, of the Solomon Is material was collected (or obtained by Mr Armytage?) in 1922.
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Oc1957,04.34