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: "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 HANDLE IS VERY STRAIGHT AND UNDECORATED. THERE IS A METAL SCREW IN THE BASE, PRESUMABLY AN EARLY EXHIBITION DEVICE. HAS ORIGINAL PEALE TAG, ALSO WRITTEN ON CLUB, "BOX 24" (PRESUMABLY THE BOX IN WHICH THE CLUB WAS ORIGINALLY SHIPPED). THIS CLUB HAD CAT. #3078 WRITTEN ON IT, BUT THE ACTUAL CATALOGUE NUMBER #3075 (WHICH MATCHED THE ORIGINAL PEALE NUMBER) WAS READ UNDER ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT. EXHIBITED MAGNIFICENT VOYAGERS, NATIONAL MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY, 1985-86. EXHIBITED SITES "MAGNIFICENT VOYAGERS," 1987-90.
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: E3075-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Club
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 46.8 cm
label: Minimum Diameter - Object
content: 2.4 cm
label: Maximum Diameter - Object
content: 9.5 cm