Club

Alafolo parrying club.
This club type comes from Malaita. The purpose of the nasal projections was to catch and deflect barbed spears, but they also create an anthropomorphic form.

Object Summary

Accession Loan No.
38/1923/8
Category
Ethnography
Collection Class
Arms and armour
Collection Area Region
MELAN
Material
hardwood
Common Name
club
Simple Name
weapon
Production Town
Malaita
Production Country
Solomon Islands
Production Date
19th century
Production Year High
pre 1923

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parrying club