19th Century Kukukuku Club from Highlands Papua

This rare antique Kukukuku (pronounced “cookah-cookah”) war club is from the remote highlands of Papua New Guinea. It features a head made of stone in the characteristic ‘pineapple’ shape.

These clubs are the most common type of club found in Papua New Guinea They come from throughout much of the country.

The war clubs have a variety of different shaped stone heads and it is often the shape of the head that determines the value. Complex pineapple-shaped club heads are generally better than disk or ball-shaped stones.