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War club

Historical file card entry: War club, with wickerwork, protected by palm leaf wrapping. The club blade is diamond-shaped, decorated with woollen fringes. Entry in the main historical catalogue: War club

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Cataloguing data

Cultural attribution
Kayapó
Object type
War club
Dimensions
Length: 116 cm
Material/Technique
Wood, Palm leaf , Wool
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
V B 7903

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    where
    Brazil
    Pao d'Arco
    who
    Kayapó
  • Collecting
    who
    Wilhelm G. Kissenberth (1878 - 1944) - Collectors
  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    American Ethnology

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Legal status metadata
CC BY-SA 4.0 DEED
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