club dance.club

Title

club dance.club

Identifier

Description

Wooden club, decorated with carved human figure on handle. Museum's 'Slip Catalogue': 'Club (Nambat Mol - little pig killing), ceremonial'.

Date

Early: 1800 Late: 1930

Format

L: 530 mm Th: 40 mm

Coverage

Melanesia Vanuatu Malekula (South) Ahamb

Relation

wood

Abstract

W. MacGillivray (1796-1852) was Professor of Natural History at Marischal College from 1841. He was author of 'A History of British Birds' and an eminent authority on ornithology. This work may be a copy of a watercolour completed in oil by MacGillivray's daughter Anne.

UUID

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