Club

Wooden polished club of oblong section, flared at both ends, decorated with a shallow incised design. A cotton collar in the narrow section. Said to have been brought back from Captain Cook's 1776 expedition, but more likely to be a relic of Captain James Ward Tomlinson.

Object Details

ID: AAA2846
Collection: World Cultures
Type: Club
Display location: Not on display
Events: Exploration: Cook's Third Voyage, 1776
Date made: 19th century
People: Cook, James; Ward, James Tomlinson, James Ward ?
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Overall: 65 x 445 x 100 mm