Club, of wood, from Tonga; part of the Forster collection (Forster 79; 1886.1.1447)
Wooden club. Leaf-stalk shaped. Undecorated. The shaft and head are four-sided. The handle is bound with plaited coconut fibre, over another type of plant fibre
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Detail of binding
Microscope image – club wood
Microscope image – fibre from binding
Ashmolean label
Ashmolean label
Ashmolean label |