Dance Paddle
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: SMALL, THIN-BLADED, NARROW PADDLE MADE OF VERY LIGHT WOOD APPARENTLY USED IN A WAR DANCE. THE UPPER PORTION OF THE BLADE IS BROKEN OFF, AND THERE IS A CRACK RUNNING ALMOST THE LENGTH OF THE BLADE. MARKS> HAS ORIGINAL PEALE TAG, ALSO WRITTEN ON PADDLE, "PADDLE OF THE BOX X 26". NOTE ON OLD CATALOGUE CARD STATES, "ATTACHED TAG SAYS 'CLUB USED CEREMONIALLY AS A SYMBOL OF WEAKNESS BY THOSE WHO PLAY THE PART OF THE ENEMY IN THE MEKE NI VALU" (MEANING WAR DANCE).
label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "PEALE CATALOG SAYS "IMITATION WAR CLUB, USED IN A PARTICULAR DANCE BY THE FIJI ISLANDERS." ATTACHED TAG SAYS "CLUB USED CEREMONIALLY AS A SYMBOL OF WEAKNESS BY THOSE WHO PLAY THE PART OF THE ENEMY IN THE ..........." (THE BLANK REPRESENTS THREE APPARENTLY FIJIAN WORDS, WHICH LOOK LIKE METEA (OR METU OR META) NI VALU.)"
label: Record Last Modified
content: 30 Jul 2021
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: E4683-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Dance Paddle
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 75 cm
label: Minimum Width - Object
content: 4.9 cm
label: Maximum Width - Object
content: 11.5 cm