Part 3: Clubs and Paddles

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See here for introduction to Pitt-Rivers series.

In the 1877 catalogue of the Pitt-Rivers' displays at Bethnal Green Museum are listed a number of series of objects on display. As visitors were expected to use the catalogue as a display aide it can be assumed that the order of objects must match the objects position within the series. See the catalogue for the full catalogue description of the object and the Databases section of this website to find out what information is now available about the same object (search using the accession number).

It is interesting to note that the items do not appear always in the plates illustrating the catalogue in the same order that they appear textually. This may have been for practical reasons or may reflect some changes in relative position temporally?

The items that say 'Not in founding collection' indicate items that have not been accessioned yet into the founding collection. Between 1998 when the first Leverhulme Trust funded Pitt Rivers project ended and March 2011 a number of objects which had previously been unmatchable from the catalogue have now been found unentered in the Museum or its stores and details can now be matched. It is to be supposed that most of the other items marked 'not in founding collection' will also eventually be found and accessioned into the Pitt Rivers Museum as part of the founding collection.

Screen 12 Clubs Development of Mushroom-headed clubs

329 Australian club 1884.12.75 Figure 34 in first illustration
330 Australian club 1884.12.80 &  1884.12.11
331 Australian club 1884.12.50
332 Australian club 1884.12.77
333 Australian club 1884.12.70
334 Australian club 1884.12.79
335 Australian club 1884.12.74
336 Australian club Not in founding collection
337 Australian club 1884.12.63 Figure 35 in first illustration
338 Australian club 1884.12.68
339 Australian club 1884.12.69
340 Australian club 1884.12.64 Figure 36 in first illustration
341 Australian club 1884.12.62
342 Australian club 1884.12.67
343 Australian club 1884.12.66
344 New Caledonian club 1884.12.186 Figure 37 in first illustration
345 New Caledonian club 1884.12.184
346 New Caledonian club 1884.12.188
347 New Caledonian club 1884.12.189
348 New Caledonian club ?1884.12.191
349 New Caledonian club ?1884.12.190
350 New Caledonian club 1884.12.183
351 New Caledonian club 1884.12.187
352 New Caledonian club 1884.12.193 Figure 38 in first illustration
353 New Caledonian club 1884.12.192
354 New Caledonian club 1884.12.195
355 New Caledonian club ?Not in founding collection
356 New Caledonian club 1884.12.194 Figure 39 in first illustration
357  1884.12.185 Figure 40 in first illustration
358 Santa Cruz or Egmont Isle club 1884.12.267 and /or 266
359 Santa Cruz club 1884.12.268 Figure 42 in second illustration
360 Indian club 1884.12.6 Figure 41 in first illustration

African Clubs

361  1884.12.26
362  1884.12.15
363  1884.12.17
364  1884.12.18
365  1884.12.14
366  1884.12.21
367  1884.12.20
368  1884.12.27
369  1884.12.28
370  1884.12.19
371 1884.12.13 Figure 43 in second illustration

Mushroom-headed Clubs New Hebrides and New Ireland

372  1884.12.234
373  1884.12.225
374  1884.12.232
375  1884.12.233
376  1884.12.162
377  1884.12.226
378  1884.12.235
379 ?Not in founding collection
380  1884.12.202
381  1884.12.205 and / or 202
382  1884.12.203
383 1884.12.295

Ball-headed club

384 Fiji club  1884.12.142 Figure 45 in second illustration
385 Fiji club  1884.12.148
386 Fiji club  1884.12.147
387 Fiji club  1884.12.143
388 Fiji club  1884.12.146
389 Fiji club  1884.12.141
390 South African club  1884.12.25 Figure 44 in second illustration
391 South African club  1884.12.23
392 South African club  1884.12.22
393 North American club  1884.12.31 Figure 46 in second illustration
394 North American club  1884.12.33
395 North American club 1884.12.32

Curved club

396 New Hebrides club  1884.12.237
397 New Hebrides club  1884.12.236
398 Ethiopia or Nubia club  1884.12.16
399 Hurley club Ireland 1884.100.58

Miscellaneous forms

400  1884.12.2884.12.222
401 Australian ?stick sling  1884.12.83
402 Australian implement ?Not in founding collection

Screen 13 Maces

403 Fiji  1884.12.106
404 Fiji  1884.12.104
405 Fiji  1884.12.105
406 Sudan  1884.12.9 Figure 49 in second illustration
407 Sudan  1884.12.10
408 Australia  ?1884.12.49 or 47 Figure 48 in second illustration
409 Australia  ?1884.12.49 or 47
410 Australia  1884.12.48
411 Tonga  1884.12.152
412 Tonga  1884.12.151
413 Samoa  1884.12.164
414 New Hebrides  1884.12.214 Figure 50 in third illustration
415 New Hebrides  1884.12.217
416 New Hebrides  1884.12.218
417 New Hebrides  1884.12.216
418 New Hebrides  1884.12.211  Figure 51 in third illustration
419 New Hebrides  1884.12.210 Figure 52 in third illustration
419a New Hebrides  1884.12.213
419b New Hebrides  1884.12.212
420 Tonga ?Not in founding collection
421  1884.12.292
422  1884.12.293
423 India  1884.12.5
424 India  1884.12.4
425 India  1884.12.3
426 Persia  1884.12.7
427 European  1884.12.1
428 European  1884.12.2
429 Tonga  1884.12.153
430  1884.12.154
431 Fiji  1884.12.101.1
432 Fiji  1884.12.102
433 Fiji  1884.12.103
434 Fiji  1884.12.101

Broad-ended Clubs

435 Australia club  1884.12.81
436 Samoa club  1884.12.173
437 Samoa club  1884.12.174
438 Samoa club  1884.12.175
439 New Ireland club  1884.12.206
440 New Hebrides club 1884.12.227
441 Solomons club 1884.12.240
442  1884.12.239
442a  1884.12.238
443  1884.12.42
444  1884.12.156
445  1884.12.155
446 Guiana  1884.12.36
447 Guiana  1884.12.39
448 Guiana  1884.12.40
449 Guiana  1884.12.37
449a  1884.12.38
450 New Zealand  1884.12.274
451 New Zealand  1884.12.275
452 New Zealand  1884.12.276
453 New Zealand  1884.12.277
454 New Zealand  1884.12.279
455 Club made for Joseph Banks  1884.12.280
456 New Zealand  1884.12.282
457 New Zealand  1884.12.283
458 New Zealand  1884.12.281

Tabular Clubs

459 New Zealand  1884.12.273
460 Sudan  1884.12.8
461 North America  1884.12.30
462 North America 1884.12.29

Screen 14 Series illustrating the development of the broad paddle-shaped club from the plain stick, South Sea Islands

463 Australia  1884.12.52
464 Australia  ?Not in founding collection
465 Club or spear ?Not in founding collection
466 Fiji  1884.12.111  Figure 53 in third illustration
467 Fiji  1884.12.108
468  1884.12.109
469  1884.12.112
470  1884.12.113  Figure 54 in third illustration
471  1884.12.114
472 Tonga  1884.12.163
473 Tonga  1884.12.157
474 Tonga  1884.12.158  Figure 55 in third illustration
475 Tonga  1884.12.159
476 New Ireland  1884.12.196
477 New Ireland  1884.12.197
478 New Zealand  1884.13.29
479 New Zealand  1884.12.284
480 Solomons  1884.12.245
481 Solomons  1884.12.244
482 Staff  1884.13.43
483 Solomons  1884.12.246
484 New Zealand  1884.12.285
485 Solomons  1884.12.242
486 Solomons  1884.12.243
487 Solomons  1884.12.199
488 Tonga  1884.12.160  Figure 56 in third illustration
489 Tonga  1884.12.161
490  1884.12.165  Figure 57 in third illustration
491  1884.12.167 Figure 58 in fourth illustration
492  1884.12.166
493  1884.12.168
494  1884.12.169 Figure 59 in fourth illustration
495 Samoa  1884.12.170
496 Samoa  1884.12.171 Figure 60 in fourth illustration
497 Samoa  1884.12.172
498 Fiji  ?1884.12.115 or 116 Figure 61 in fourth illustration
499 Fiji  ?1884.12.115 or 116
500 Fiji  1884.12.120
501 Fiji  1884.12.119
502 Fiji 1884.12.124 and or 121

Screen 15

503  1884.12.123
504  1884.12.122
505 Marquesas  1884.100.46
506 Fiji  1884.12.137 Figure 62 in fourth illustration
507  1884.12.129 Figure 63 in fourth illustration
508 ?Not in founding collection
509  1884.12.135 or  1884.12.127
510  1884.100.50 or  1884.12.126
511  1884.12.128
512  1884.12.136
513  1884.12.125
514  1884.12.131
515  1884.12.130
516  1884.12.132
517  1884.12.133
518  1884.12.134
519 ?Not in founding collection Figure 64 in fourth illustration
520  1884.12.138

Screen 16

521 Savage Ids  1884.12.265
522 Savage Ids  1884.12.51
523 Savage Ids  1884.12.50
524 Savage Ids  1884.12.264
524a  1884.55.1
525 Solomons 1884.12.198

Screen 16

526 New Ireland  1884.12.200
527 New Ireland  1884.12.201
528 New Hebrides  1884.12.219
529 New Hebrides  1884.12.221
530 South America  1884.12.35
531  1884.12.291
532 New Zealand  1884.12.286
533 New Zealand  1884.12.288
534 New Zealand  1884.12.287
535 ?New Zealand 1884.12.289

Screen 17 Paddles

536 Solomons 1884.55.2 Figure 65 in fifth illustration
537 Solomons  1884.55.3
538 Solomons  1884.55.11
539 Solomons  1884.55.10
540 New Ireland  1884.55.13 Figure 67 in fifth illustration
541 New Ireland  1884.55.14
541a New Ireland  1884.55.4
542 Solomons  1884.55.8 Figure 68 in fifth illustration
543 Solomons  1884.55.7
543a  1884.55.9
544 New Zealand  1884.55.24
545 New Zealand  1884.55.25
546 New Zealand  1884.55.22
547 New Zealand  1884.55.23
548 New Zealand  1884.55.21
549 New Zealand  1884.55.20
550 Marquesas  1884.55.27
551 Austral Islands  1884.55.26 Figure 70 in fifth illustration
552 Marquesas  1884.55.30
553  1884.55.29
554 Marquesas  1884.55.28
555 ?Malay  1884.55.45
556 South America  1884.55.64
557 NW Coast  1884.55.71 Figure 69 in fifth illustration
558 South America  1884.55.66
559 South America  1884.55.65
560 Brazil  1884.55.67
561 New Ireland  1884.55.12
562  1884.55.31
563 Gabon  1884.55.50 Figure 72 in fifth illustration
564 Gabon  1884.55.51
564a W. Africa  1884.55.52 Figure 73 in fifth illustration
565 ?New Ireland  1884.55.73 Figure 71 in fifth illustration
566 ?New Ireland  1884.55.74
567  1884.9.3 and  1884.55.72
568 Easter island  1884.55.75
568a Peru 1884.55.68

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From the second illustration Figure 47 is a description taken from an Algonquin chief [see page 65]. From the fifth illustration 66 is a Nicobar paddle described by Captain James Mackenzie in a paper read at the Ethnological Society

AP, First Leverhulme Trust funded Pitt-Rivers project 1995-8 and March 2011