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: LONG, NARROW, CARVED, HARDWOOD BAT-SHAPED CLUB WHICH HAS A FLATTENED PADDLE-LIKE DISTAL END AND IS COVERED WITH CARVED DECORATIONS THE ENTIRE LENGTH OF THE CLUB. THE DESIGNS ARE DIVIDED INTO FOUR SECTIONS LENGTHWISE. LENT TO BISHOP MUSEUM, RETURNED 1978. EXHIBITED MAGNIFICENT VOYAGERS, NATIONAL MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY, 1985-86.
label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "NARROW PADDLE TYPE. WOOD; COVERED WITH SMALL ANGULAR GEOMETRIC CARVING."
label: Notes
content: Peale catalogue identifies this type of object as ""Akan," war club used by the Tonga Islanders.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 30 Jul 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Tongatapu Group, Tonga, Polynesia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Tongan
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 66A00050
label: USNM Number
content: E3590-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Club
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 103 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 5 cm
label: Unknown - Object
content: 3.9 cm