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Description: | War club from Fiji. A large paddle-shaped club, decorated overall with small carved zig-zags (tava-tava) and straight lines. On label: 'War canoe paddle New Guinea lent by Miss Lowe'. Very faint, hand - written paper label attached, which reads: 'New Zealand War paddle ....Commander Willoughby Shortland RN Lieutenant Governor ...' Willoughby Shortland (1804-1869) was acting Lieutenant Governor of New Zealand between the death of Willam Hobson and the arrival of Robert Fitzroy. Alternatively, the item may have been collected by Commander Frederick Willoughby Shortland (1853-1931) who served as a midshipman on HMS 'Basilisk' Captain John Moresby, during hydrographic surveys in the Pacific in the 1870's. 'Basilisk' was in the vicinity of Rotuma Island, Fiji on 1 June 1872.
Collected by one of the naval officers in the Shortland family. Indentified as Tongan by the Museum of Mankind, as Fijian by Andrew Mills. See notes by Surgeon Geoffrey Goodman ADM101/242. Label examined under UV light on 9 December 2013.
caption: Record Shot - Do not reproduce. | Publisher: | "http://collections.rmg.co.uk/" | Rights holder: | "Royal Museums Greenwich" | Subjects: | Frederick Willoughby Shortland family Shortland war clubs | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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