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Tongan paddle club with oval pointed end and zig-zag pattern incised carving on all surfaces. Known as a 'akua tau.
clubs (weapons)
wood (plant material)
carving and carving techniques
Tongan
Club
Original to Phillips House (Salem, Mass.),
E47,136
FD017
Unknown
Pscific Island Group
5 3/8 (W) (inches)
Gift of the Stephen Phillips Memorial Charitable Trust for Historic Preservation
2006.44.1149
http://www.new-guinea-tribal-art.com/wp/index.php/2011/09/20/tongan-clubs/
Tonga
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