Throwing Club, "Iula"
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1858
label: Collection Date
content: 1838 to 1842
name: label: Collector
content: United States Exploring Expedition
label: Donor Name
content: United States Exploring Expedition
notes: label: Notes
content: "IULATAVATAVA," FLUTED THROWING CLUB FASHIONED WITH FLANGES OR SERRATIONS AROUND THE HEAD, WHICH WERE ORIGINALLY THE BUTTRESS ROOTS OF THE SHRUB FROM WHICH IT IS MADE. THERE IS A HOLE IN THE BASE, POSSIBLY ONCE CONTAINING A BONE OR IVORY INLAY. HAS ORIGINAL PEALE TAG, ALSO WRITTEN ON CLUB, "BOX W..." (PRESUMABLY THE BOX IN WHICH THE CLUB WAS ORIGINALLY SHIPPED).
label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "3127 SMALL WAR CLUB, ORIG.# 2205."
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: E3127-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Club
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 43.1 cm
label: Minimum Diameter - Object
content: 2.5 cm
label: Maximum Diameter - Object
content: 8.8 cm