Pair of Wooden Clubs or Batons- Possibly Aboriginal People, Australia, or Dinka People, South Sudan

They are long, tapered, and nearly cylindrical with fine longitudinal grooves running the length of each piece.
One has what looks like a lighter-colored butt end, suggesting it may once have had a handle wrapping. Although the pointed ends and lack of a distinct handle suggest they were designed to be gripped anywhere along the shaft rather than swung like a European club.
As similar objects were made in several parts of the world, we aren't confident assigning an origin.

Originally from the Douglas Fraser collection.
Dr. Douglas Fraser was a professor of art history and archeology at Columbia University and an authority on the art and architecture of Africa and Oceania, unfortunately died in 1982.
Dr. Fraser was the author of ''Primitive Art'' in 1962, ''Village Planning in the Primitive World'' in 1968 and numerous articles and book reviews. Among the works he edited were ''The Many Faces of Primitive Art,'' in 1966; ''African Art and Leadership,'' with Herbert M. Cole, in 1972, and ''African Art as Philosophy,'' in 1974. Under his leadership, the program of primitive art at Columbia was expanded to include pre-Columbian art.

Height: 28 ⅝" x Width: 2 ¼" x Depth: 1 ⅝"