Club

MOA: University of British Columbia

C643 a-b

Plain, cylindrical, brown wood handle (a) with a buoy shaped stone head (b) secured by a woven band. The handle tapers to a point at the bottom end.


  • Type of Item club
  • Culture New Guinea
  • Material wood, palm leaf, stone
  • Measurements height 101.6 cm, diameter 6.1 cm (overall) height 101.6 cm, diameter 2.7 cm (part a) height 6.9 cm, diameter 6.1 cm (part b)

  • Previous Owner Frank Burnett
  • Received from Frank Burnett

  • Made in Rigo

  • Creation Date before 1927
  • Collection Date between 1895 and 1927
  • Ownership Date before 1927
  • Acquisition Date on July 25, 1927

  • Condition fair
  • Accession Number 2191/0990