Korare

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Korare. Club. Carved from a single piece of wood. Blade has scallopped edges. Widens towards top of blade. Pointed and flat tip. Carved motifs around shoulder. Rounded butt-end. Dark brown in colour.

Accession number: 1950.128 Last Update: 20 Sept 2018

Other Name

Club (English)

Place

Cook Islands

Accession Number

1950.128

Accession Date

04 Jul 1950

Other Id

31944 (ethnology)

445d (Oldman Collection)

Department

Pacific

Physical Description

Korare. Club. Carved from a single piece of wood. Blade has scallopped edges. Widens towards top of blade. Pointed and flat tip. Carved motifs around shoulder. Rounded butt-end. Damage visible on edges of blade. There is an old sticker near top of shaft with "COOK ISLANDS 31944 O 445 D" written in white ink on the shaft. There is a round sticker with "445 D" wriiten across the sticker in possibly ink or pencil. Dark brown in colour. Good condition overall.

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