Club, "Siriti"
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1858
label: Collection Date
content: 1838 to 1842
name: label: Collector
content: Sgt. Simeon A. Stearns
label: Donor Name
content: United States Exploring Expedition
notes: label: Notes
content: "SIRITI" OR "GUGU," LIGHTWEIGHT WOODEN PRIEST'S OR CHIEF'S CLUB WITH AN OVAL-SECTIONED HANDLE, AND A BROAD, FLAT, INTRICATELY CARVED AND INCISED HEAD, WHICH IS SAID TO BE IN THE SHAPE OF A BUTTERFLY FISH. THE HANDLE OF THE CLUB HAS A PLAITED PANDANUS SLEEVE AND TOWARD THE HEAD IS WRAPPED IN DARK AND LIGHT BROWN COCONUT FIBER CORD. PUBLICATION: FOR A SIMILAR CLUB SEE FERGUS CLUNIE, "FIJIAN WEAPONS AND WARFARE," 1977, P. 55, FIG. 4, ALSO "YALO I VITI," FIJI MUSEUM, 1986, P. 185. ACCORDING TO OLD CATALOGUE CARD THE CLUB HAD VARIOUS TAGS ATTACHED. "TAG SAYS 'E[DGE] P[ARTINGTON] p. 101.' ANOTHER TAG SAYS 'S[IMEON] A. STEARNS W[ASHINGTON]. CITY. EX EX 1 WAR CLUB FIJI. VINCENNES.'"
label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "TULIP TYPE. SENNIT WRAPPING OVER PLAITING. TAG SAYS 'E[DGE] P[ARTINGTON] p. 101.' ANOTHER TAG SAYS "S[IMEON] A. STEARNS W[ASHINGTON]. CITY. EX EX 1 WAR CLUB FIJI. VINCENNES.""
label: Notes
content: EXHIBITED MAGNIFICENT VOYAGERS, NATIONAL MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY, 1985-86. EXHIBITED SITES "MAGNIFICENT VOYAGERS," 1987-90.
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: E2856-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Club
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 88 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 12.9 cm
label: Diameter - Object
content: 2.4 cm