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Tongan. <em>Club</em>, late 19th-early 20th century. Wood, fiber, 47in. (119.4cm). Brooklyn Museum, Purchased with funds given by The Evelyn A. Jaffe Hall Charitable Trust, 76.1.15. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.76.1.15_overall.jpg)
Tongan. Club, late 19th-early 20th century. Wood, fiber, 47in. (119.4cm). Brooklyn Museum, Purchased with funds given by The Evelyn A. Jaffe Hall Charitable Trust, 76.1.15. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.76.1.15_overall.jpg)
Tongan. <em>Club</em>, late 19th-early 20th century. Wood, fiber, 47in. (119.4cm). Brooklyn Museum, Purchased with funds given by The Evelyn A. Jaffe Hall Charitable Trust, 76.1.15. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.76.1.15_overall.jpg)

Tongan. Club, late 19th-early 20th century. Wood, fiber, 47in. (119.4cm). Brooklyn Museum, Purchased with funds given by The Evelyn A. Jaffe Hall Charitable Trust, 76.1.15. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.76.1.15_overall.jpg)

Tongan. <em>Club</em>, late 19th-early 20th century. Wood, fiber, 47in. (119.4cm). Brooklyn Museum, Purchased with funds given by The Evelyn A. Jaffe Hall Charitable Trust, 76.1.15. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.76.1.15_detail_bw.jpg)

Tongan. Club, late 19th-early 20th century. Wood, fiber, 47in. (119.4cm). Brooklyn Museum, Purchased with funds given by The Evelyn A. Jaffe Hall Charitable Trust, 76.1.15. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.76.1.15_detail_bw.jpg)

Tongan. <em>Club</em>, late 19th-early 20th century. Wood, fiber, 47in. (119.4cm). Brooklyn Museum, Purchased with funds given by The Evelyn A. Jaffe Hall Charitable Trust, 76.1.15. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.76.1.15_detail01.jpg)

Tongan. Club, late 19th-early 20th century. Wood, fiber, 47in. (119.4cm). Brooklyn Museum, Purchased with funds given by The Evelyn A. Jaffe Hall Charitable Trust, 76.1.15. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.76.1.15_detail01.jpg)

Tongan. <em>Club</em>, late 19th-early 20th century. Wood, fiber, 47in. (119.4cm). Brooklyn Museum, Purchased with funds given by The Evelyn A. Jaffe Hall Charitable Trust, 76.1.15. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.76.1.15_detail02.jpg)

Tongan. Club, late 19th-early 20th century. Wood, fiber, 47in. (119.4cm). Brooklyn Museum, Purchased with funds given by The Evelyn A. Jaffe Hall Charitable Trust, 76.1.15. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.76.1.15_detail02.jpg)

Tongan. <em>Club</em>, late 19th-early 20th century. Wood, fiber, 47in. (119.4cm). Brooklyn Museum, Purchased with funds given by The Evelyn A. Jaffe Hall Charitable Trust, 76.1.15. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.76.1.15_detail03.jpg)

Tongan. Club, late 19th-early 20th century. Wood, fiber, 47in. (119.4cm). Brooklyn Museum, Purchased with funds given by The Evelyn A. Jaffe Hall Charitable Trust, 76.1.15. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.76.1.15_detail03.jpg)

Tongan. <em>Club</em>, late 19th-early 20th century. Wood, fiber, 47in. (119.4cm). Brooklyn Museum, Purchased with funds given by The Evelyn A. Jaffe Hall Charitable Trust, 76.1.15. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.76.1.15_detail04.jpg)

Tongan. Club, late 19th-early 20th century. Wood, fiber, 47in. (119.4cm). Brooklyn Museum, Purchased with funds given by The Evelyn A. Jaffe Hall Charitable Trust, 76.1.15. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.76.1.15_detail04.jpg)

Tongan. <em>Club</em>, late 19th-early 20th century. Wood, fiber, 47in. (119.4cm). Brooklyn Museum, Purchased with funds given by The Evelyn A. Jaffe Hall Charitable Trust, 76.1.15. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.76.1.15_detail05.jpg)

Tongan. Club, late 19th-early 20th century. Wood, fiber, 47in. (119.4cm). Brooklyn Museum, Purchased with funds given by The Evelyn A. Jaffe Hall Charitable Trust, 76.1.15. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.76.1.15_detail05.jpg)

Tongan. <em>Club</em>, late 19th-early 20th century. Wood, fiber, 47in. (119.4cm). Brooklyn Museum, Purchased with funds given by The Evelyn A. Jaffe Hall Charitable Trust, 76.1.15. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.76.1.15_detail06.jpg)

Tongan. Club, late 19th-early 20th century. Wood, fiber, 47in. (119.4cm). Brooklyn Museum, Purchased with funds given by The Evelyn A. Jaffe Hall Charitable Trust, 76.1.15. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.76.1.15_detail06.jpg)

Tongan. <em>Club</em>, late 19th-early 20th century. Wood, fiber, 47in. (119.4cm). Brooklyn Museum, Purchased with funds given by The Evelyn A. Jaffe Hall Charitable Trust, 76.1.15. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.76.1.15_detail07.jpg)

Tongan. Club, late 19th-early 20th century. Wood, fiber, 47in. (119.4cm). Brooklyn Museum, Purchased with funds given by The Evelyn A. Jaffe Hall Charitable Trust, 76.1.15. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.76.1.15_detail07.jpg)

Tongan. <em>Club</em>, late 19th-early 20th century. Wood, fiber, 47in. (119.4cm). Brooklyn Museum, Purchased with funds given by The Evelyn A. Jaffe Hall Charitable Trust, 76.1.15. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.76.1.15_detail08.jpg)

Tongan. Club, late 19th-early 20th century. Wood, fiber, 47in. (119.4cm). Brooklyn Museum, Purchased with funds given by The Evelyn A. Jaffe Hall Charitable Trust, 76.1.15. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.76.1.15_detail08.jpg)

Tongan. <em>Club</em>, late 19th-early 20th century. Wood, fiber, 47in. (119.4cm). Brooklyn Museum, Purchased with funds given by The Evelyn A. Jaffe Hall Charitable Trust, 76.1.15. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.76.1.15_detail09.jpg)

Tongan. Club, late 19th-early 20th century. Wood, fiber, 47in. (119.4cm). Brooklyn Museum, Purchased with funds given by The Evelyn A. Jaffe Hall Charitable Trust, 76.1.15. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.76.1.15_detail09.jpg)

Tongan. <em>Club</em>, late 19th-early 20th century. Wood, fiber, 47in. (119.4cm). Brooklyn Museum, Purchased with funds given by The Evelyn A. Jaffe Hall Charitable Trust, 76.1.15. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.76.1.15_detail10.jpg)

Tongan. Club, late 19th-early 20th century. Wood, fiber, 47in. (119.4cm). Brooklyn Museum, Purchased with funds given by The Evelyn A. Jaffe Hall Charitable Trust, 76.1.15. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.76.1.15_detail10.jpg)

Tongan. <em>Club</em>, late 19th-early 20th century. Wood, fiber, 47in. (119.4cm). Brooklyn Museum, Purchased with funds given by The Evelyn A. Jaffe Hall Charitable Trust, 76.1.15. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.76.1.15_detail11.jpg)

Tongan. Club, late 19th-early 20th century. Wood, fiber, 47in. (119.4cm). Brooklyn Museum, Purchased with funds given by The Evelyn A. Jaffe Hall Charitable Trust, 76.1.15. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.76.1.15_detail11.jpg)

Tongan. <em>Club</em>, late 19th-early 20th century. Wood, fiber, 47in. (119.4cm). Brooklyn Museum, Purchased with funds given by The Evelyn A. Jaffe Hall Charitable Trust, 76.1.15. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.76.1.15_detail12.jpg)

Tongan. Club, late 19th-early 20th century. Wood, fiber, 47in. (119.4cm). Brooklyn Museum, Purchased with funds given by The Evelyn A. Jaffe Hall Charitable Trust, 76.1.15. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.76.1.15_detail12.jpg)

Tongan. <em>Club</em>, late 19th-early 20th century. Wood, fiber, 47in. (119.4cm). Brooklyn Museum, Purchased with funds given by The Evelyn A. Jaffe Hall Charitable Trust, 76.1.15. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.76.1.15_detail13.jpg)

Tongan. Club, late 19th-early 20th century. Wood, fiber, 47in. (119.4cm). Brooklyn Museum, Purchased with funds given by The Evelyn A. Jaffe Hall Charitable Trust, 76.1.15. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.76.1.15_detail13.jpg)

Tongan. <em>Club</em>, late 19th-early 20th century. Wood, fiber, 47in. (119.4cm). Brooklyn Museum, Purchased with funds given by The Evelyn A. Jaffe Hall Charitable Trust, 76.1.15. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.76.1.15_detail14.jpg)

Tongan. Club, late 19th-early 20th century. Wood, fiber, 47in. (119.4cm). Brooklyn Museum, Purchased with funds given by The Evelyn A. Jaffe Hall Charitable Trust, 76.1.15. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.76.1.15_detail14.jpg)

Tongan. <em>Club</em>, late 19th-early 20th century. Wood, fiber, 47in. (119.4cm). Brooklyn Museum, Purchased with funds given by The Evelyn A. Jaffe Hall Charitable Trust, 76.1.15. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , 76.1.7_76.1.9_76.1.2_76.1.13_76.1.14_76.1.15_76.1.16_bw.jpg)

Tongan. Club, late 19th-early 20th century. Wood, fiber, 47in. (119.4cm). Brooklyn Museum, Purchased with funds given by The Evelyn A. Jaffe Hall Charitable Trust, 76.1.15. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , 76.1.7_76.1.9_76.1.2_76.1.13_76.1.14_76.1.15_76.1.16_bw.jpg)

Tongan. <em>Club</em>, late 19th-early 20th century. Wood, fiber, 47in. (119.4cm). Brooklyn Museum, Purchased with funds given by The Evelyn A. Jaffe Hall Charitable Trust, 76.1.15. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.76.1.7_76.1.9_76.1.12-16_print_front_bw.jpg)

Tongan. Club, late 19th-early 20th century. Wood, fiber, 47in. (119.4cm). Brooklyn Museum, Purchased with funds given by The Evelyn A. Jaffe Hall Charitable Trust, 76.1.15. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.76.1.7_76.1.9_76.1.12-16_print_front_bw.jpg)

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Arts of the Pacific Islands

CULTURE Tongan
MEDIUM Wood, fiber
  • Reportedly From: Tonga
    • DATES late 19th-early 20th century
    DIMENSIONS 47in. (119.4cm)  (show scale)
    COLLECTIONS Arts of the Pacific Islands
    ACCESSION NUMBER 76.1.15
    CREDIT LINE Purchased with funds given by The Evelyn A. Jaffe Hall Charitable Trust
    MUSEUM LOCATION This item is not on view
    CAPTION Tongan. Club, late 19th-early 20th century. Wood, fiber, 47in. (119.4cm). Brooklyn Museum, Purchased with funds given by The Evelyn A. Jaffe Hall Charitable Trust, 76.1.15. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.76.1.15_overall.jpg)
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