Club (Go Porowa Ra Maru)

ClassificationsArms and Armor-clubs

Datelate 19th - mid 20th Century

MediumWood

Dimensions28 1/4 × 12 7/8 × 2 3/4 in. (71.8 × 32.7 × 7 cm)

Credit LineDonated by Rear Admiral Ralph and Sara Garrison

Object number99.43.4

DescriptionThis club is shaped in the form of the head of a stylized bird. 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.

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