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, STRAIGHT-SHAFTED, HARDWOOD, BAT-LIKE WAR CLUB. JUST OVER HALF THE LENGTH OF THE SHAFT IS DECORATED WITH DOUBLE BANDS OF CARVING SPACED AT INTERVALS. BOTH ENDS ARE SLIGHTLY FLARED AND THE DISTAL END IS ROUNDED LIKE A BASEBALL BAT. THE BASE IS SLIGHTLY CONCAVE AND HAS A HOLE FOR A SUSPENSION CORD. MARKS> HAS ORIGINAL PEALE TAG, ALSO WRITTEN ON CLUB TOWARD BASE, "26 LOW...FIJI..". EXHIBITED MAGNIFICENT VOYAGERS, NATIONAL MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY, 1985-86.
label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "BASEBALL BAT TYPE."
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: E4715-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Club
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 96 cm
label: Minimum Diameter - Object
content: 3.9 cm
label: Maximum Diameter - Object
content: 4.5 cm