Throwing Club

Culture: Australian Aboriginal artist
Date: 19th–20th century
Material: Wood
associated with: Northern Territory, Australia, Oceania
Classification: Arms & armor, wood
Collection: Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas
Current Location: Not on view
Dimensions: 22 1/16 in. (56.1 cm)
Credit Line: Bequest of Morton D. May
Rights: Public Domain
Object Number: 1520:1983

- 1977
John "Jack" Charles Edler, Clinton and Janesville, WI, USA [1]

1977- 1983
Morton D. May (1914-1983), St. Louis, MO, purchased from John Edler [2]

1983 -
Saint Louis Art Museum, bequest of Morton D. May [3]

Notes:
[1] Invoice dated January 6, 1977 from John Edler to Morton D. May documents the purchase of this work, identified as "Australian Aboriginal club (nulla nulla)" [May Archives, Saint Louis Art Museum].

[2] See Note 1.

[3] Last Will and Testament of M. D. May dated June 11, 1982 [copy, May Archives, Saint Louis Art Museum]. Minutes of the Acquisitions and Loans Committee of the Board of Trustees, Saint Louis Art Museum, September 20, 1983.

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