CARVED HANDLE/BRAIDED MATERIAL COVERS HEAD OF CLUB
This is likely an adze - a blade would protrude from the flatter end with the basketry end of the staff head. Hole for stone blade can be seen.
Collection
ETHNOGRAPHIC/POLYNESIA
Made/Created
Place
Region
Polynesia
Continent
Oceania
Ethnography
Cultural Region
State/Province
Mangaia
Country
Cook Islands
Region
Pacific
Culture/Tribe
Polynesian
Lexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
Nomenclature Primary Object Term
Club
Nomenclature Sub-Class
Percussive Weapons
Nomenclature Class
Armaments
Nomenclature Category
Category 05: Tools & Equipment for Science & Technology