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war club

The club is polished smooth and painted light brown. It consists of a handle and decorated top. The side edges diverge towards the center, i.e. towards the end of the handle. Light center edges stand out. On the decorated second part, the side edges diverge widely, especially in the uppermost third. The same applies to the middle edges, so that the leg becomes wider towards the top. Deep incision in the center at the upper end. Two outward pointing serrations emerge. Inscription on handle: OLE CUTU OTE TANIFA How did the object come to the Übersee-Museum? The collection was purchased by the museum from Otto Tetens in 1907. Tetens was director of the Samoa Observatory of the Royal Society of Sciences in Göttingen in the colony of German Samoa from 1902 to 1905. Nothing is yet known about the exact circumstances of Tetens' acquisition on site.

Data Provider
Übersee-Museum Bremen

Cataloguing data

Object type
clubs (weapons)
Dimensions
General: 12 × 4 cm, 68 cm, 800 g,
Material/Technique
Wood carved
Current location
Übersee-Museum Bremen
Inventory number
D05634
Other number(s)
http://coll.uebersee-museum.de/v/D05634

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    when
    1800-1905
    where
    Samoa
  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    Ethnographic collections

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Legal status metadata
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