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 WITH A TRIANGULAR SHAPED CROSS SECTION. THE WAR CLUB IS DECORATED WITH INCISED GEOMETRIC DECORATIONS COVERING THE UPPER TWO THIRDS OF THE CLUB. THERE ARE BRAIDED COCONUT FIBER CORDS WRAPPED AROUND LOWER MIDDLE PORTION. THE DISTAL TRIANGULAR END HAS A PIECE OF METAL TUBE EMBEDDED IN IT. THE SUSPENSORY LUG AT THE PROXIMAL END HAS BEEN BROKEN OFF. HAS ORIGINAL PEALE TAG. EXHIBITED IN MAGNIFICENT VOYAGERS, NATIONAL MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY, 1985-86.
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: E3406-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Club
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 66.7 cm
label: Diameter - Object
content: 3.1 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 8.9 cm