Club, "Siriti"
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: "SIRITI" OR "GUGU," LIGHTWEIGHT WOODEN PRIEST'S OR CHIEF'S CLUB WITH AN OVAL-SECTIONED HANDLE, AND A BROAD, FLAT, INTRICATELY CARVED AND INCISED HEAD, WHICH IS SAID TO BE IN THE SHAPE OF A BUTTERFLY FISH. THE HANDLE IS COVERED WITH A PLAITED SLEEVE OF DARK BROWN AND NATURAL PANDANUS IN A CHECKERED PATTERN. PUBLICATION: FOR A SIMILAR SPECIMEN SEE FERGUS CLUNIE, "FIJIAN WEAPONS AND WARFARE," 1977, P. 55, FIG. 4. ACCORDING TO CLUNIE, VERY LITTLE IS KNOWN ABOUT THESE CLUBS, ALTHOUGH THEY ARE FOUND IN MANY COLLECTIONS. EXHIBITED MAGNIFICENT VOYAGERS, NATIONAL MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY, 1985-86.
label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "TULIP TYPE. PLAIT-WORK WRAPPING."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 30 Jul 2020
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: E2855-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Club
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 100 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 14.5 cm
label: Diameter - Object
content: 3.4 cm