Collection | ABDUA University of Aberdeen, Human Culture Collection |
Object Name | Throwing club |
Club |
411 |
Object Number | ABDUA:5110 |
Other Number | F46 |
Other Number Type | old number |
Brief Description | Throwing-club (wood) with a slender shaft swelling to pear-shaped head; grip bound with fibre fixed with gum ( or resin). Some incised lines of secoration near the grip. Surface smoothed. A white lable with "46" is stuck on the shaft. |
Dimensions | L: 630 mm; W: 70 mm |
Materials | wood, veg fibre, gum |
Completeness | Complete |
Place Key | Melanesia, Australia |
Publication Note | Reid 1912, Illustrated Catalogue of the Anthropological Museum, University of Aberdeen, 46; |