War Club "Baukianga"
date: label: Accession Date
content: 30 Sep 1985
label: Collection Date
content: 1963
name: label: Collector
content: Dr. Torben Monberg
label: Donor Name
content: Dr. Torben Monberg
notes: label: Notes
content: REPLICA OF CLUB USED IN WARFARE DURING THE 19TH CENTURY AND EARLIER. ORIGINAL MADE WITH A BASALT STONE HEAD. THIS CLUB MADE WITH A CORAL HEAD ATTACHED TO A WOODEN HANDLE BY A SLING OF FINELY BRAIDED COCONUT FIBERS,WHICH FITS BETWEEN NOBS EVENLY SPACED AROUND CIRCUMFERENCEOF HEAD. WIDER STRIPS OF COCONUT FIBER ALSO USED TO LASH HEAD TO HANDLE THROUGH HOLES IN END OF HANDLE. STRIPS WRAPPED AROUND LENGTH OF HANDLE IN DIAMOND PATTERN AND HELD IN PLACE AT OTHER END BY MORE FINELY BRAIDED FIBERS WRAPPED AROUND BASE OF HANDLE. MADE IN 1963 BY SA'ENGEIKAOF NGIKOBAKA LINEAGE.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 14 Nov 2017
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Bellona Island, Solomon Islands, Melanesia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Bellonese
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 358172
label: USNM Number
content: E423200-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Club
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 48 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 13 cm