E0773: Club

Ethnographic

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Identifier:

E0773

Classification Category:

5:Tools & Equipment for Science and Technology ➞ Armament ➞ Bludgeon

Marks/Labels:

Paper TAG glued to back side: "MAORI MORI: a war club used only by a chief. Bone."

Materials:

animal ➔ bone

Dimensions:

34.5 cm L
11.5 cm W
2.5 cm H

Provenance of Object:

This object was held in the museum that Luther College started in 1877. This museum eventually grew into the Vesterheim Norwegian-American Museum, and following this, non-Norwegian American ethnographic objects were returned to Luther and accessioned into the college’s Anthropology Collection. Without additional documentation, was likely obtained by the Luther College Museum (later the Norwegian-American Museum) between the late 19th century and early 20th century.

Source Locality:

New Zealand

Description:

Club made of a large and thick piece of bone.

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