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Wooden rootstock war club, or vunikau, from Fiji, with a straight handle ending with a natural knot of polished root. Portions of the knobby head and handle are carved with incised patterns. There are two bands of contrasting braided material - one at the base of the head and one at the base of the handle. Used in close quarter combat.
clubs (weapons)
wood (plant material)
Club
Original To Stephen Phillips House (Salem, Mass.),
E47157
Unknown
Pacific Island Group
Gift of the Stephen Phillips Memorial Charitable Trust for Historic Preservation
2006.44.3599
Volume 66 No. 4: Notes on a Fijian club with a system of classification
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