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: SHORT "COCONUT STALK" CLUB WHICH IS WIDELY FLARED AT THE DISTAL END, WHERE IT FORMS A ROUNDED TRIANGLE. THE CLUB IS DEVOID OF ANY DECORATIVE CARVING OR COCONUT FIBER WRAPPING, AND THE PROXIMAL END IS FLARED SLIGHTLY WITH A SUSPENSORY LUG. HAS ORIGINAL PEALE TAG. EXAMINED BY KENNETH P. EMORY, BISHOP MUSEUM, JUNE 1941. EXHBITIED MAGNIFICENT VOYAGERS, NATIONAL MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY, 1985-86.
label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "(THIS INFORMATION GIVEN BY K. P. EMORY, 6/24/41) BISHOP MUSEUM."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 23 Aug 2023
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: American Samoa (not certain), Samoa (not certain) / United States (not certain), Polynesia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Samoan
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 66A00050
label: USNM Number
content: E4988-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Club
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 70 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 11.2 cm
label: Diameter - Object
content: 4.5 cm