Club (Go Porowa Ra Maru)
ClassificationsArms and Armor-clubs
Date19th - 20th Century
MediumWood
Dimensions27 3/8 × 12 1/2 × 2 3/4 in. (69.5 × 31.8 × 7 cm)
Credit LineLoan courtesy of Gayle and Edward P. Roski
Object numberL.2010.4.11
DescriptionThis club from New Caledonia is shaped in the form of the head of a stylized bird. Used by chiefs, the clubs were symbols of prestige, rank, and wealth that were sometimes ritually exchanged. Because the club terminates in a fragile point it was most likely used ceremonially, as an object of display, rather than in war.On View
On view
19th - 20th Century
19th - 20th Century
19th - 20th Century
19th - 20th Century
late 19th - mid 20th Century
early to mid 20th Century
early to mid 20th Century
19th Century
mid 19th to early 20th Century
mid 19th Century