War Club
War club, includes a subtle relief resembling a snake or other long animal along almost the whole length of the club, and a geometric design (perhaps of stylized fish) at the center of the club.
Similar item gifted by Louis Pierre Ledoux in 1936 to the American Museum of Natural History - Division of Anthropology (80/9059)
Locale: Lower Sepik River
Country: Papua New Guinea
Date: 1936 or earlier
Material: Wood
Dimensions: H 5' 11" x W 2"
Provenance: Louis Pierre Ledoux Collection
Similar items:
American Museum of Natural History - Division of Anthropology (80/9059)
https://anthro.amnh.org/anthropology/databases/common/image_dup.cfm?catno=80%2E0%2F%209059
Giraudeau Tours 2017, attributed to the 1934-36 La Korrigane expedition to the Sepik.
https://www.artkhade.com/object/p4q237Gj
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War club, includes a subtle relief resembling a snake or other long animal along almost the whole length of the club, and a geometric design (perhaps of stylized fish) at the center of the club.
Similar item gifted by Louis Pierre Ledoux in 1936 to the American Museum of Natural History - Division of Anthropology (80/9059)
Locale: Lower Sepik River
Country: Papua New Guinea
Date: 1936 or earlier
Material: Wood
Dimensions: H 5' 11" x W 2"
Provenance: Louis Pierre Ledoux Collection
Similar items:
American Museum of Natural History - Division of Anthropology (80/9059)
https://anthro.amnh.org/anthropology/databases/common/image_dup.cfm?catno=80%2E0%2F%209059
Giraudeau Tours 2017, attributed to the 1934-36 La Korrigane expedition to the Sepik.
https://www.artkhade.com/object/p4q237Gj
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