THREE MASSIM WOOD CLUBS, each carved with scrolls and zigzags, one with old label inscribed Bentley Bay Club; and a palmwood implement, of slender form flaring at each end, the centre painted white on one side and carved with chevrons each side of a serrated section, remains of old label inscribed: New Guinea Savage Coll.

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THREE MASSIM WOOD CLUBS, each carved with scrolls and zigzags, one with old label inscribed Bentley Bay Club; and a palmwood implement, of slender form flaring at each end, the centre painted white on one side and carved with chevrons each side of a serrated section, remains of old label inscribed: New Guinea Savage Coll.
73.5cm to 98cm. long (4)
Provenance
Lt. Gen. A.H.L.F. Pitt Rivers. One of the clubs acquired from Fenton's, the implement acquired from Mr.E.B. Savage, October 1894

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