Club

ClassificationsArms and Armor-clubs

Date20th Century

Made AtMalampa Province, Vanuatu

MediumWood

Dimensions35 1/4 × 19 1/2 × 4 3/8 in. (89.5 × 49.5 × 11.1 cm)

Credit LineBowers Museum Purchase provided by the Jordan Community Trust

Object number2003.28.5

DescriptionPig killing club from North Ambrym Island, Vanuatu. Pig killing clubs are implements used within Vanuatu’s complex hierarchical grade system. As pigs are of the utmost value both economically and ceremonially, a man would need to sacrifice pigs as part of his ascension through the grade hierarchy. This club was used for such a purpose. Its design and form are found both on Ambrym and Malekula, but other types of less elaborate clubs were used elsewhere.

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