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Description: | Paddle shaped club; made of heavy, hard wood. Haft and blade are plano-convex in section down to about the blade's mid-point at which the previously flat side becomes convex and vice-versa, giving the blade a peculiar twist resembling an aeroplane's propeller. The butt is triangular and is covered in tightly plaited string coated with white pigment. At each corner of the triangle hangs a bunch of thin cords. At the end of the blade is a very stylised representation of a human face. Made from the outer shell of a palm. Inside coated with a kind of cement said to be a typical club of the island. | Source: | Manchester Museum | Identifier: | mm.emu.ecatalogue.humanities.332709 | Go to resource |
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