War Club, "Kinikini"
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: "KINIKINI," PRIEST'S OR CHIEF'S HARDWOOD CLUB, WITH A BROAD PADDLE-LIKE BLADE COVERED WITH INCISING AND CARVED DESIGNS IN CRESCENT AND FULL MOON MOTIFS. THE BASE OF THE BLADE WIDENS TO POINTS WITH A BROAD CROSS RIB. ONE EDGE IS BROKEN OFF. THE THIN EDGE OF THE BLADE WAS USED AS A WEAPON, FOR CUTTING AND SNAPPING THROUGH THE BONE. THIS CLUB IS VERY BROAD, AND MAY HAVE BEEN USED AS A SHIELD/CLUB. PUBLICATION: FOR A SIMILAR CLUB SEE FERGUS CLUNIE, "YALO I VITI," FIJI MUSEUM, 1986, PP. 119 & 185, AND CLUNIE, "FIJIAN WEAPONS AND WARFARE," 1977, P. 55-56. EXHIBITED MAGNIFICENT VOYAGERS, NATIONAL MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY, 1985-86. EXHIBITED SITES "MAGNIFICENT VOYAGERS," 1987-90.
label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "PADDLE TYPE, WIDE CROSS RIB."
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: E2896-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Club
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 105.4 cm
label: Minimum Width - Object
content: 13.5 cm
label: Maximum Width - Object
content: 29.3 cm