Sword Club
2006-10-1
From: Australia | Queensland
Curatorial Section: Oceanian
| Object Number | 2006-10-1 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Australia | Queensland |
| Date Made | 1800-1899 |
| Section | Oceanian |
| Materials | Wood | Fiber | Gum |
| Description | Long, flat paddle shaped sword club. Traces of gum and fragments of twisted cord on grip. Undecorated: used for fighting. See similar example from Northeast Queensland in Aboriginal Australia, p. 174 N 284. Good condition. |
| Height | 11 cm |
| Length | 143.5 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of Brooklyn Museum, 2006 |
| Other Number | 47.131.22 - Other Number |
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