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," STRAIGHT, POLE-LIKE, HARDWOOD WAR CLUB. THIS LARGE CLUB IS DECORATED WITH COCONUT FIBER CORD WRAPPING AROUND THREE SECTIONS OF THE CLUB. THE DECORATION CONSISTS OF LIGHT BROWN, MIXED BLACK AND BROWN, AND BLACK BANDS OF CORD. EXAMINED BY KENNETH P. EMORY, BISHOP MUSEUM, JUNE 1941. EXHIBITED MAGNIFICENT VOYAGERS, NATIONAL MUSEUM OF NATURALHISTORY, 1985-86. EXHIBITED SITES "MAGNIFICENT VOYAGERS," 1987-90.
label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "PLAIN, BASEBALL TYPE. (THIS INFORMATION GIVEN BY K. P. EMORY, BISHOP MUSEUM, 6/24/41.) SENNIT WRAPPED. 1951 IS CORRECT ORIG. NUMBER ACCORDING TO PEALE CATALOG, BUT ATTACHED TAG READS 9151."
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: E2860-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Club
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 114.8 cm
label: Minimum Diameter - Object
content: 5 cm
label: Maximum Diameter - Object
content: 6.1 cm