Club with Torus-Shaped Stone Head

Culture: Highlands region artist
Date: before 1939
Material: Stone, marsupial teeth, resin, fiber binding, black palm
associated with: Papua New Guinea, Oceania
Classification: Arms & armor, stone & mineral
Collection: Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas
Current Location: Not on view
Dimensions: 34 7/16 x 3 1/8 in. (87.5 x 7.9 cm)
Credit Line: Gift of Mrs. Leif J. Sverdrup
Rights: Public Domain
Object Number: 94:1977

c.1939-1945 - 1977
General Leif J. Sverdrup (1898–1976) and Helen L. Sverdrup, St. Louis, MO, USA, collected by General Sverdrup during World War II in Papua New Guinea [1]

1977 -
Saint Louis Art Museum, given by Mrs. Leif J. Sverdrup [2]

Notes:
[1] A note on the accession record indicates this object was “collected by General L. J. Sverdrup in World War II” [SLAM document files].

[2] A letter dated May 18, 1977 from Lee Parsons of the Saint Louis Art Museum to Mrs. L. J. Sverdrup acknowledges the gift of this object [Director’s Office, Donor Correspondence, Archives, Saint Louis Art Museum]. Minutes of the Acquisitions Committee of the Board of Trustees, Saint Louis Art Museum, April 14, 1977.

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