Disc head club
| Disc head club | |
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| Information | |
| Weapon type: | Club |
| Designations: | Disk Headed Club |
| Use: | Weapon, ceremonial weapon |
| Region of origin / author: |
Papua New Guinea , ethnic groups from Papua New Guinea |
| Distribution: | Papua New Guinea |
| Overall length: | about 97 cm |
| Blade length: | about 13 cm (in diameter) |
| Handle: | Wood |
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The disc-head club is a weapon from Papua New Guinea.
description
The disc head club has a disc, star or flower shaped head made of stone. The impact head has a round opening in the middle, which is used to accommodate the shaft. The shaft is made of wood and becomes thinner from the head end to the handle end. The end is pointed. The shape of the shaft ensures that the stone head cannot come loose when hit. Until the importation of metals by the Europeans, this club was used for fighting and ceremonies. When weapons made of metal became available in the trade, the traditional disc-head club was only used for ceremonial purposes.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Disc head club in the Pitt Rivers Museum, engl. (accessed on November 13, 2012 ( memento of December 23, 2012 in the web archive archive.today ))
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
- Seri Terjemahan, Description and analysis of Marind-anim culture (South New Guinea), Volume 9 of Translation series , Verlag Martinus Nijhoff, 1966, (photo index)
- Robert W. Williamson, The Mafulu Mountain People of British New Guinea , (E-Book, fully accessible, The Project Gutenberg EBook)
Web links
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