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Club, 20th Century
Unrecorded artist; Ambrym Island, Vanuatu
Wood; 36 × 4 3/4 × 2 1/2 in.
20…
Club
Club, 20th Century
Unrecorded artist; Ambrym Island, Vanuatu
Wood; 36 × 4 3/4 × 2 1/2 in.
20…
Club, 20th Century Unrecorded artist; Ambrym Island, Vanuatu Wood; 36 × 4 3/4 × 2 1/2 in. 2021.7.80 Anonymous Gift

Club

ClassificationsArms and Armor-clubs
Date20th Century
Made AtVanuatu
MediumWood
Dimensions36 × 4 3/4 × 2 1/2 in. (91.4 × 12.1 × 6.4 cm)
Credit LineAnonymous Gift
Object number2021.7.80
DescriptionThis wooden club comes from Ambrym Island in the nation of Vanuatu. War clubs were very common in the islands that make up Melanesia, including the Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, and New Guinea. Primarily wielded in tribal conflicts, clubs made of heavy wood and occasionally fitted with stone heads were highly effective bludgeoning tools. War clubs had other uses too. They could be employed in agriculture and symbolic war clubs were often created for the sole purpose of being placed beside a deceased warrior as they prepared for the journey into the afterworld.
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