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Actions Displays	Details Remove from selection Add to selection Object number IPSMG:R.1938.1.36 Institution name Ipswich Collections Object name club Description Club made of palm wood. One side of the blade is plain and on the other side the top is decorated with a semi-circle in which sections of black pigment and in the middle of the blade, v-shapes painted red and black. The butt has a netted fibre string partially coated with lime. The top of the covering has plaited tassels of human hair. Marked in pencil on blade: 'New Ireland'. Production place Melanesia, New Guinea, Papua New Guinea, New Ireland Production period 19th Century Material wood, vegetable fibre, hair, human, lime, pigment Tags Comments Add tag(s) Add comment

Object number

IPSMG:R.1938.1.36
Institution name

Ipswich Collections
Object name

club
Description

Club made of palm wood. One side of the blade is plain and on the other side the top is decorated with a semi-circle in which sections of black pigment and in the middle of the blade, v-shapes painted red and black. The butt has a netted fibre string partially coated with lime. The top of the covering has plaited tassels of human hair. Marked in pencil on blade: 'New Ireland'.
Production place

Melanesia, New Guinea, Papua New Guinea, New Ireland
Production period

19th Century
Material

wood, vegetable fibre, hair, human, lime, pigment

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