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: SO-CALLED "COCONUT STALK" CLUB BECAUSE OF SIMILARITY TO THE SHAPE OF A COCONUT LEAF MIDRIB. THIS CLUB "UATONGI" HAS AN EXTENDED BILATERAL BLADE, WHICH SEEN IN CROSS SECTION IS DIAMOND SHAPED, AND HAS TWO SECTIONS OF CARVED RIBS AT THE DISTAL END OF THE CLUB. AT THE TOP THERE ARE THREE BANDS, THEN A SECTION OF TWO RIBS.THE SHAFT IS ROUNDED, AND IS COVERED WITH FINELY CARVED TONGAN GEOMETRIC PATTERNS. THIS TYPE OF CLUB HAS A SHAPE WHICH IS CHARACTERISTIC OF THE "UATONGI" TYPE FROM SAMOA, BUT THE CARVING IS TYPICAL OF TONGA. EXHIBITED MAGNIFICENT VOYAGERS, NATIONAL MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY, 1985-86. EXHIBITED SITES "MAGNIFICENT VOYAGERS," 1987-89.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 30 Jul 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: American Samoa (not certain), Samoa (not certain) / United States (not certain) / Tonga (not certain), Polynesia (not certain)
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Tongan (?)
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 66A00050
label: USNM Number
content: E3471-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Club
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 101.7 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 6.7 cm
label: Diameter - Base
content: 4 cm