Where is this from?

What is it made of?

This is a war club from Polynesia. It was donated to the Karshner Museum in 1934.

It is made of one long piece of ironwood, and wrapped with pandanus fiber interwoven with blue polyester.

For more information, visit:

• This artifact in the Karshner Digital Collections
• Artifact Worksheets you can use in your classroom or for homeschool
• Polynesian War Clubs
• Weapons in Ancient Hawaii