Club
About this object
Specific techniques
According to Burnett, the holes in the stones of these clubs was made by placing a rock "in a slow fire of cocoanut shells which give out an immense heat," and allowing it to become red hot. Then it is removed from the fire and drops of water are dripped on it "from a hole in a cocoanut vessel, drop by drop, each drop falling exactly on the same place. That portion of the stone on which the water falls cracks and flies off until the heat has gone out of the stone." The process is repeated until "with the aid of a bone pick, a hole is formed through the centre."
Categories
Date Made
Before 1927
Date Acquired
1927
How Acquired
Donated
Credit Line
Measurements
Overall: 114.5 cm x 8.5 cm
Object Number
C885