War Club, "Waka"
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1858
label: Collection Date
content: 1838 to 1842
name: label: Collector
content: Lt. William M. Walker
label: Donor Name
content: United States Exploring Expedition
notes: label: Notes
content: "WAKA," LARGE, HARDWOOD, ROOTSTOCK WAR CLUB WITH A SHORT LENGHT OF THE TAP ROOT RETAINED AND WITH A FLANGED, MACE-LIKE HEAD COMPOSED OF THE BUTTRESS ROOTS OF THE UPROOTED SAPLING FROM WHICH THE CLUB IS MADE. THE SHAFT IS WRAPPED WITH FINELY BRAIDED COCONUT FIBER CORD AND THE HAND GRIP IS INTRICATELY CARVED WITH GEOMETRIC MOTIFS. THE CORD WRAPPING COVERS A LARGE SPLIT WHICH RUNS THE ENTIRE LENGTH OF THE CLUB. MARKS> WRITTEN ON HEAD OF CLUB, "WM WALKER".
label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "ROOTSTOCK. SIGNED IN INK "WM. WALKER"."
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: E3232-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Club
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 107.5 cm
label: Diameter - Object
content: 4.7 cm
label: Maximum Diameter - Object
content: 7.9 cm