War Club
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1858
label: Collection Date
content: 1838 to 1842
name: label: Donor Name
content: United States Exploring Expedition
notes: label: Notes
content: "COCONUT STALK" CLUB WITH A DIAMOND SHAPE CROSS SECTION. THE WAR CLUB IS DECORATED WITH CHEVRON RIBS IN SEVEN SECTIONS OVER THE UPPER TWO THIRDS OF THE CLUB. THERE ARE A FEW STRANDS OF BRAIDED COCONUT FIBER CORD AROUND THE LOWER MIDDLE PORTION. THE PROXIMAL END IS FLARED WITH A SUSPENSORY LUG. HAS ORIGINAL PEALE TAG. EXHIBITED MAGNIFICENT VOYAGERS, NATIONAL MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY, 1985-86. EXHIBITED SITES "MAGNIFICENT VOYAGERS," 1987-89.
label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "LOAN: SITES JAN 9 1987. MAGNIFICENT VOYAGERS."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 23 Aug 2023
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: American Samoa (not certain), Samoa (not certain) / United States (not certain), Polynesia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Samoan
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 66A00050
label: USNM Number
content: E3344-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Club
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 117 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 9.5 cm
label: Diameter - Base
content: 4 cm