Throwing Club, "Iula"
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: FROM CARD: "2876-91. CAT. NO. 2885, ORIG. NO. 2165."
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. SECTION OF HANDLE BELOW THE HEAD AND THE HANDGRIP ARE COVERED WITH CARVED GEOMETRIC DESIGNS; THREE LINES OF DESIGNS ALSO CROSS ON THE DOMED TOP OF THE HEAD. MARKS> LABEL ATTACHED TO HANDLE READS, "WAR CLUB OF THE FIJI ISLANDS BOX 25 ORTH DEPT" [THE ORNITHOLOGY DEPT WAS HEADED BY TITIAN PEALE].
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: E2885-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Club