War Club, "Gata"
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1858
label: Collection Date
content: 1838 to 1842
name: label: Collector
content: Edward Verry
label: Donor Name
content: United States Exploring Expedition
notes: label: Notes
content: "GATA," LARGE, HARDWOOD, SPURRED WAR CLUB. THE ROUGHENED BLADE OR CHEEK REGION OF THIS CLUB WAS POUNDED INTO SHAPE IN THE GROWING TREE BEFORE THE CLUB WAS CUT. THE UPPER AND LOWER PORTION OF THE SHAFT ARE COVERED WITH INTRICATELY CARVED GEOMETRIC DESIGNS. THERE ARE TWO CIRCULAR DESIGNS ON THE SPUR. ONLY THE CENTRAL PORTION IS WITHOUT DECORATION. MARKS> WRITING ON CLUB READS, "E[DWARD] VERRY EX. EX. V[INCENNES]".
label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "GUN-STOCK TYPE. INK WRITING ON SIDE LOOKS LIKE "E. TRACY"."
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: E3384-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Club
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 90 cm
label: Diameter - Base
content: 3.2 cm