Club (Baukiaga)
ClassificationsArms and Armor-clubs
Dateearly to mid 20th Century
Made AtRennell and Bellona Province, Solomon Islands
MediumWood and shell
Dimensions20 1/2 × 6 × 6 1/4 in. (52.1 × 15.2 × 15.9 cm)
Credit LineGift of Anne and Long Shung Shih
Object number2018.13.13
DescriptionThis wooden club with shell inlay is from Rennell Island in the Solomon Islands. Similar clubs from Rennell Island tend to have a woven cover for their handles and they tend to be devoid of the shell inlay we see here. Based on the texturing of the handle area, it once had a woven cover that has since been lost. A club with inlay such as we see here was more likely to have been used during ceremonial rituals than actual combat.On View
Not on viewCollections
early to mid 20th Century
mid 19th to early 20th Century
20th Century
1860-1904
mid 20th Century
mid 20th Century
20th Century
20th Century
mid 19th Century
18th - 19th Century
20th Century