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Long pole club with a flattened, flared head with scalloped egdes, from the Cook Islands (probably Rarotonga or Atiu). Dark, polished wood. At the base of the club head are four small protruding ovals, and the base of the handle has a phallic shape. The tip of the club is pointed. The pole club would have been used as a weapon.
clubs (weapons)
wood (plant material)
Cook Islands
Club
Original to Phillips House (Salem, Mass.),
E47,141
FD017
Unknown
Cook Islands, Pacific Island Group
7 (W) (inches)
Gift of the Stephen Phillips Memorial Charitable Trust for Historic Preservation
2006.44.1151
Cook Islands [dependent state]
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