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Catalog Number CAS 2000-0008-0018   CAS 2000-0008-0018; Club
Category Weaponry
Object Name Club
Culture Melanesian: ni-Vanuatu
Global Region Oceania
Country Vanuatu (New Hebrides)
State/Prov./Dist. Ambrym
County
Other Geographic Data unknown
Maker's Name Unknown
Date of Manufacture 2000
Collection Name N/A
Materials Wood
Description Club for killing pigs, carved from single piece of wood; Club is V-shaped overall, with one of the arms being very long and serving as the handle, while the other arm is very short and serves as the actual club; Both the "club" portion and the adjacent portion of the "handle" are carved with identical stylized human faces with deeply cut noses, large teardrop shaped eyes, and pointed heads framed by a serrated edged that probably represents hair; Wood is very dense and is black in color.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 34.8, Thickness = 6.1, Length = 63.8