Pacific Islander wooden club, c1870s

Pacific Islander wooden club, c1870s

This wooden club belonged to Wommilly, a South Sea Island labourer in the Logan region of south-east Queensland. The club is from Ambrym in Vanuatu which is likely to have been Wommilly’s homeland. It was donated to Queensland Museum in 1879 by Wommilly's employer.

Item ID: 
E6970
Dimensions
Height: 
1100mm
Width: 
137mm
Description: Wooden club with carved flanges at head and knob at butt
Publication Place: 
Malampa, Vanuatu
Publisher: 
Queensland Museum
Rights: 

Copyright © Queensland Museum, 2010

Location: 
Australia
Date captured: 
23 November 2010