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Catalog Number |
C09.512 |
Title |
Club (akau'ta) from Tonga |
Object Name |
Club |
Description |
Long uncarved wooden club with horizontal rib two-thirds of way up shaft; from there it broadens to a diamond-shaped head with a central rib on each side. |
Year Range from |
1780 |
Year Range to |
1820 |
Artist |
Unknown |
Dimensions |
W-4.25 L-58.25 inches |
Material |
Wood |
Place of Origin |
Tongataba, Tonga, Pacific |
Provenance |
Presented to Athenaeum by Lt. John C. Long in 1827 as "war spear used by the Natives of the Island of Tongatabaa." He served in the Navy in the Pacific 1823-1827. |
People |
Long, John Collings, 1795-1865 |
Subjects |
Tonga Clubs Warfare Pacific Islands Oceania |