War Club, "Bowai"
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1858
label: Collection Date
content: 1838 to 1842
name: label: Collector
content: Lt. Robert E. Johnson
label: Donor Name
content: United States Exploring Expedition
notes: label: Notes
content: "BOWAI," LARGE, STRAIGHT-SHAFTED, HARDWOOD, BAT-LIKE WAR CLUB. THERE IS A COCONUT FIBER CORD WRAPPED TWICE AROUND THE BASE OF THE CLUB. BOTH ENDS ARE SLIGHTLY FLARED AND THE DISTAL END IS ROUNDED LIKE A BASEBALL BAT. HAS ORIGINAL PEALE TAG; ALSO WRITTEN ON CLUB, "LT. R.E. JOHNSON NO 7. FIGEE EX EX VINCENNES".
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: E4735-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Club
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 94.6 cm
label: Minimum Diameter - Object
content: 3.4 cm
label: Diameter - M
content: 5.1 cm