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Club (U'u)

Culture: Marquesas Islands
Medium: Wood
Place Made: Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia
Dates: late 18th or early 19th century
Dimensions: 62 3/8 x 6 1/4 x 4 in. (158.4 x 15.9 x 10.2 cm)
Collections: Arts of Africa and the Pacific Islands
Museum Location: This item is on view in The Arts of the Pacific, 1st Floor
Accession Number: 35.2181
Credit Line: Gift of Russell Sturgis
Image: Detail, 35.2181_detail_acetate_bw.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph

Catalogue Description: Carved ironwood club, rubbed with coconut oil to produce a dark, glossy finish. Incised geometric decoration. From catalogue card: Dark brown hardwood chief's staff [dance club crossed out]. Incised decoration on shaft, three human heads as decoration on both sides. Condition: shaft clipped.

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