New Britain Incised Sword Club from Papua New Guinea
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An incised sword club, New Britain, Papua New Guinea, a carved from a dense hardwood, the club is slender, slightly curved, and tapers to a narrow end. A blade-like form and intricate surface decoration incised with remnants of pigments of white and red, length 107.5 cm, width 6.5 cm, diameter 3.8 cm
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- Incised - A record of a name, date or inscription, or a decoration scratched into a surface, usually of a glass or ceramic item with a blunt instrument to make a coarse indentation. Compare with engraving where the surface is cut with a sharp instrument such as a metal needle or rotating tool to achieve a fine indentation.
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