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Actions Displays	Details Remove from selection Add to selection Object number IPSMG:R.1979.35 Institution name Ipswich Collections Object name club Description Club, stone-headed club made of wood, plaited vegetable fibre collars and a roughly carved stone head. Stuck on red label: 'Layard collection'. Marked on object in white ink '1979.35'. Roughly carved shaft. Register describes it as 'A child's club with which boys were made to strike dead bodies to make them brave'. Production place Melanesia, New Guinea, Papua New Guinea, Oro Province, Collingwood Bay Production period 19th Century, 20th Century Material wood, stone, vegetable fibre Tags Comments Add tag(s) Add comment

Object number

IPSMG:R.1979.35
Institution name

Ipswich Collections
Object name

club
Description

Club, stone-headed club made of wood, plaited vegetable fibre collars and a roughly carved stone head. Stuck on red label: 'Layard collection'. Marked on object in white ink '1979.35'. Roughly carved shaft. Register describes it as 'A child's club with which boys were made to strike dead bodies to make them brave'.
Production place

Melanesia, New Guinea, Papua New Guinea, Oro Province, Collingwood Bay
Production period

19th Century, 20th Century
Material

wood, stone, vegetable fibre

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