War Club, "Bowai"
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1858
label: Collection Date
content: 1838 to 1842
name: label: Collector
content: United States Exploring Expedition
label: Donor Name
content: United States Exploring Expedition
notes: label: Notes
content: "BOWAI," LARGE, BASEBALL BAT-LIKE, HARDWOOD WAR CLUB. THIS LARGE CLUB IS UNDECORATED EXCEPT FOR A BAND OF COCONUT FIBER CORD BRAIDED WITH SMALL WHITE BEADS. A PORTION OF THE BASE HAS BROKEN OFF. EXHIBITED MAGNIFICENT VOYAGERS, NATIONAL MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY, 1985-86.
label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "STAFF TYPE. COLLAR OF SENNIT AND BEADS."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 2 Dec 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Fiji, Melanesia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Fijian
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 66A00050
label: USNM Number
content: E2852-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Club
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 93 cm
label: Minimum Diameter - Object
content: 3.5 cm
label: Maximum Diameter - Object
content: 5 cm