Papuan sword club
| Papuan sword club | |
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| Weapon type: | Club |
| Designations: | Sword Club, Spatula Club |
| Use: | Weapon, professional weapon |
| Region of origin / author: |
Papua New Guinea , Massim ethnic group |
| Distribution: | Papua New Guinea |
| Overall length: | about 51 cm to 61 cm |
| Blade length: | about 36 cm to 43 cm |
| Blade width: | about 12 cm |
| Handle: | Wood, jade , stone |
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The Papuan sword club is a striking weapon of the Massim ethnic group from Papua New Guinea . It was used as a weapon of war and class.
description
The Papuan sword club is made of wood, jade or stone. Its blade is flat and broad. It becomes slightly wider from the issue and the location is straight. The edges are flattened and sharp. The handle and the face are made of one piece. It is worked in a similar way to the hilts of swords. On site, these clubs are usually decorated with traditional carvings. The Papuan sword club is used by the Massim ethnic group.
Individual evidence
literature
- George Cameron Stone , Donald J. LaRocca, A Glossary of the Construction, Decoration and Use of Arms and Armor: in All Countries and in All Times , Courier Dover Publications, 1999, page 184, ISBN 978-0-486-40726- 5
- Kenneth Pike Emory, Material culture of the Tuamotu Archipelago issue 22 of Pacific anthropological records , Verlag Dept. of Anthropology, Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum (1975), 129-130.
- Beatrice Blackwood, The technology of a modern stone age people in New Guinea Volume 3 of Occasional papers on technology , Pitt Rivers Museum, Printed at the University Press, 1964
