Club
Item
Creator
Hawaiian Islanders
Title
Club
Description
Club (pikoi) made of wood, stone, coir and fibre. The four-pointed stone head is lashed with plaited coir cord to a cylindrical wood handle which has a short wrist cord. Launched by warriors in battle to hit the lower legs of on-coming opponents and ground them.
Date
18th Century
Source
British Museum, item number OC, Van.266. Collected on George Vancouver's voyage to Hawaii and the NW coast of North America 1791-1795.
Contributor
Jacobsen, Kristin
Bibliographic Citation
https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/E_Oc-VAN-266
Spatial Coverage
Height: 23.40 centimetres
Width: 8 centimetres
Depth: 5.80 centimetres
Width: 8 centimetres
Depth: 5.80 centimetres