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Catalog Number

CAS 0423-0072   CAS 0423-0072; Club
Category Weaponry
Object Name Club
Culture Australian Aborigine, Pitjantjatjara Tribe (?)
Global Region Australia
Country Australia
State/Prov./Dist. South Australia (?)
County
Other Geographic Data unknown
Maker's Name Unknown
Date of Manufacture ca. 1950s
Collection Name N/A
Materials Wood; Earth pigments
Description Fighting club carved from single piece of wood; Head is of flattened, ovoid shape with rounded distal end; Proximal end tapers and extends, forming short cylindrical handle; All surfaces are ground very smooth; Painted image of ochre red snake outlined in white starts on one face of club's head and coils around to opposite face; Distal tip of head is painted white, outlined in black.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 10.3, Thickness = 5.0, Length = 37.0