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. THE LOWER PORTION IS WRAPPED WITH FINELY BRAIDED COCONUT FIBER CORD AND STRIPS OF PANDANUS. THERE ARE ALSO A FEW BANDS OF A VINE WRAPPED AROUND THE UPPER PORTION. A WIDER BRAID OF COCONUT FIBER CORD IS LACED THROUGH A HOLE IN THE BASE. BOTH ENDS ARE SLIGHTLY FLARED AND THE DISTAL END IS DOMED.
label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "HEAVY STAFF, BOTH ENDS FLARED AND DISTAL END DOMED. SENNIT 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: E4710-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Club
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 108.2 cm
label: Minimum Diameter - Object
content: 5.1 cm
label: Maximum Diameter - Object
content: 7.2 cm