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pak ta

human history
  • Other Name

    Club (English)

  • Description

    Pak ta. Club. Carved from wood. The head of the club is long, diamond in section and carved to a point. The head widening in diameter at two points. Surface decoration includes six rows of lightly carved serrated triangles, white-ish in colour from application of lime cement. The shaft is round in section, slightly flared towards butt. Several depressions in the wood. Chipped off the two middle sections, loose at each protrusion.

    The Ko loa is medium brown in colour with some patina.

  • Place
    Rotuma/Fijian Outliers/Fiji
  • Accession Number
    1971.39
  • Accession Date
    29 Mar 1971
  • Other Id

    44296 (ethnology)

  • Department

    Pacific

Ko loa, 1971.39, 44296, Photographed by Richard Ng, digital,… … Read more

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  • Ko loa, 1971.39, 44296, Photographed by Richard Ng, digital, 03 Oct 2017, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Ko loa, 1971.39, 44296, Photographed by Richard Ng, digital, 03 Oct 2017, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Ko loa, 1971.39, 44296, Photographed by Richard Ng, digital, 03 Oct 2017, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Ko loa, 1971.39, 44296, Photographed by Richard Ng, digital, 03 Oct 2017, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Ko loa, 1971.39, 44296, Photographed by Richard Ng, digital, 03 Oct 2017, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Ko loa, 1971.39, 44296, Photographed by Richard Ng, digital, 03 Oct 2017, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Ko loa, 1971.39, 44296, Photographed by Richard Ng, digital, 03 Oct 2017, Cultural Permissions Apply
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