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Pole Club ('akatara)18th century

On view:

Geffen Galleries, Polynesia: "Our Sea of Islands"

Tall wooden or metal staff with a smooth lower shaft and an upper section featuring symmetrical lateral spines tapering to a pointed finial

Title: Pole Club ('akatara)
Place Made: Cook Islands, Rarotonga
Date Made: 18th century
Medium: Ironwood (casuarina equisetfolia)
Dimensions: Height: 100 1/2 in. (255.27 cm) Width: 4 1/2 in. (11.43 cm)
Credit Line: Ancient Art Deaccession Fund
Accession Number: M.2013.26
Classification: Sculpture
Collecting Area: Art of the Pacific
Selected Bibliography: Kaeppler, Adrienne L. Polynesia: The Mark and Carolyn Blackburn Collection of Polynesian Art. Honolulu: Mark and Carolyn Blackburn, 2010.