club (weapons: bludgeon)

Wooden club with a spherical head gripped by two prongs issuing from a solid handle, the butt of which is carved into an animal head, possibly a panther. Inlays of shell in disc form decorate the head, while small shell fragments are inserted in a row along the handle.

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object
MUSEUM NUMBER
27.4.61/35
PLACE
COLLECTION
MEASUREMENTS
overall: 595 mm x 160 mm x 110 mm
MATERIAL/TECHNIQUE
shell; wood; maple; bone
CATEGORY
Anthropology: Ethnography
LOCATION
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