Club

Club with biconical head and discoidal pommel with floral motif engraved. Erromango clubs have distinctive flattened discoidal pommels with a standardised pattern of four radiating leaves. Clubs like this were used as part of a complex and sophisticated martial art which has largely fallen into obscurity. They were wielded both one-handed and two-handed for offence and defence.

Object Summary

Accession Loan No.
34/1986
Category
Ethnography
Collection Class
Arms and armour
Collection Area Region
MELAN
Material
hardwood
Common Name
club
Simple Name
weapon
Production Town
Erromango
Production Country
Vanuatu

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biconical club