Bird's-head Club (go porowa ra maru)

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Bird's-head Club (go porowa ra maru)

Artist: Unknown

Place made:New Caledonia (Nouvelle-Calédonie)

Culture: Kanak

Date: late- 19th-early- 20th century

Medium: Wood

Credit Line: San Antonio Museum of Art, gift of Captain E. W. Garvin

Object number: 59.104.9

Label Text

This war club is shaped like the head of a stylized bird. When in use, a sprig of green leaves was strapped to the shaft to give the club extra magical power. In the Paici language of New Caledonia, the bird's-head club is called "go porowa ra maru."

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Bird's-head Club (go porowa ra maru)

Bird's-head Club (go porowa ra maru)