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Title
Mewun Club replica 2 of 2
Creator
Skinner-Jones, Ann
Contributor
Larcom, Joan
Date Created and/or Issued
Summer 1981
Contributing Institution
UC San Diego, The UC San Diego Library
Collection
Ann Skinner-Jones and Joan Larcom Photographs
Rights Information
Under copyright
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Use: This work is available from the UC San Diego Library. This digital copy of the work is intended to support research, teaching, and private study.
Rights Holder and Contact
Skinner-Jones, Ann
Description
Replica of Mewun club replica close-up (four knobs): groups in South West Bay had distinctive war clubs like the one here for the Mewun photographed on a mat woven locally. In traditional times, the deaths caused by a specific club were tallied by notches in the club.
UC San Diego Library, UC San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093-0175 (https://library.ucsd.edu/dc/contact)
Type
image
Identifier
ark:/20775/bb24963593
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Weapons
Clubs (weapons)
Wintua (Malekula, Vanuatu)
Melanesia
South West Bay (Malakula, Vanuatu)
Oceania
Pacific Islands
Land and Custom Sustained and Revived
Place
Wintua (Malekula, Vanuatu)
Melanesia
South West Bay (Malakula, Vanuatu)
Oceania
Pacific Islands

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