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 FLARED AND SLIGHTLY CURVED AT THE DISTAL END WHICH IS DIAMOND SHAPED IN CROSS SECTION. THERE ARE THREE CARVED BANDS OR RIBS STARTING AT THE PROXIMAL END COVERING ABOUT A THIRD OF THE CLUB, AND A CARVED SUSPENSORY LUG AT THE DISTAL END AND COCONUT FIBER CORD WOUND AROUND THE LOWER PORTION. HAS ORIGINAL PEALE TAG. THIS OBJECT IS ON PERMANENT EXHIBITION IN THE PACIFIC HALL, USNM, 1989 [exhibit dismantled in 2004]. EXAMINED BY KENNETH P. EMORY, BISHOP MUSEUM, JUNE 1941.
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
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 66A00050
label: USNM Number
content: E3470-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Club
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 66.2 cm
label: Diameter - Object
content: 9 cm