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: MISSING, 1985? THE CLUB CURRENTLY CATALOGUED UNDER THIS NUMBER IS AN ULA, A.K.A. IULA, IT SHOULD NOT BE WITHIN THIS SERIES, SINCE THEY ARE ALL "TOTOKIA."
label: Notes
content: FROM CARD [2865-74]: "WITH A KNOTTY CLUB HEAD."
label: Notes
content: Jane Walsh thinks that catalogue number E2867 should be a war club or Totokia, but she has not located such a club number 2867. The club that currently bears this number is an iUla Tavatava, or throwing club. Jane Walsh describes this type of club as: "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. THE HANDGRIP IS COVERED WITH CARVED GEOMETRIC DECORATION.
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: E2867-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Club