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Club - 'Solomon Islands Club'

Collection ID: 
2011.004
Collection: 
Ethnography
Club for deflecting spears and for hand-to-hand combat. Brought home from the Sulfou in the Solomon Islands by David Renton Baikie, nephew of Jack Renton, in the 1930s. Dark hardwood with ochre and red raffia decorative covering on main part of the shaft for grip and decoration

Keywords
warfare

Physical attributes

Dimensions
Length450mm
Material
Wood

Production

PlaceSolomon Islands