Museum of Anthropology
100 Swallow Hall
Columbia, MO 65211-1440

Monday - Friday
9:00 am - 4:00 pm

Open the following Saturdays
September 25
(10 am - 12:30 pm)

October 23
(10:00 am - 4:00 pm)

November 13
(10:00 am - 4:00 pm)

December 11
(10:00 am - 4:00 pm)

Oceania - Ethnographic Collection

The ethnographic collection includes a small sampling of materials representing Oceanic cultures. Included are Australian Aborigine clubs, spears, boomerangs, and other hunting equipment and weaponry; decorated Maori clubs; stone implements from Guam; carved wooden figures and instruments from New Guinea; and a collection of several dozen tapa cloths and woven palm-fiber items from Samoa.

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Related Links

Siapo: Tapa Cloth of the Samoan Islands in the Minigalleries

Museum Collection Databases

New Zealand Maori Club
(detail)
early 20th century
wood
MAC1999-198

Trobriand Islands Lime Spatula
(detail)
ca. 1970
wood
MAC1972-13b

Museum of Anthropology, 100 Swallow Hall, Columbia, MO 65211-1440

Hours: Monday - Friday: 9:00 am - 4:00 pm