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Samoan hand-held club (nifo 'oti) with twenty-four tooth-like projections on one side and a hook on the other. The head of the club is decorated on both sides with incised patterns. The weapon would have been used in combat and carried as a sign of status by men and women.
clubs (weapons)
wood (plant material)
Club
"5" (Red and white paper label, pencil script)
Original To Stephen Phillips House (Salem, Mass.),
E47,144
Unknown
Pacific Island Group
6 5/8 (W) (inches)
Gift of the Stephen Phillips Memorial Charitable Trust for Historic Preservation
2006.44.3598
http://web.prm.ox.ac.uk/weapons/index.php/tour-by-region/oceania/oceania/arms-and-armour-oceania-201
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