Catalog Number
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Catalog Number |
CAS 2013-0006-0065 | |
| Category | Weaponry | |
| Object Name | Club | |
| Culture | Micronesian: Chuukese | |
| Global Region | Oceania | |
| Country | Federated States of Micronesia | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | Chuuk (Truk) | |
| County | ||
| Other Geographic Data | Atoll: Lekinioch, Mortlocks region, Caroline Islands | |
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | 1965 | |
| Collection Name | Richmond Collection (Chuuk Islands) | |
| Materials | Coconut wood | |
| Description | Club carved from a single piece of coconut wood; Proximal end of elongated club tapers to a blunt point and is bifacially thinned; Beyond the proximal end, the handle is roughly cylindrical, with slight longitudinal ridges along each later edge and on dorsal and ventral faces; Handle extends approximately half the total length of the club; The “blade†of the club is biconvex in cross-section and approximately twice the width of the handle; Series of very wide and shallow notches are carved along the lateral edges, producing a serrated edge; Distal tip is bifacially thinned and tapers to a rounded point | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 8.0, Thickness = 3.7, Length = 81.5 | |