War Club, "Bowai"
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: "BOWAI," VERY LARGE, BASEBALL BAT-LIKE, HARDWOOD WAR CLUB. THIS LARGE CLUB IS UNDECORATED, AND HAS A LENGTH OF COCONUT FIBER SUSPENSION CORD LACED THROUGH A SMALL HOLE IN THE SIDE AND ONE AT THE BASE. THE BASE OF THE CLUB IS CONCAVE. EXHIBITED MAGNIFICENT VOYAGERS, NATIONAL MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY, 1985-86. EXHIBITED SITES "MAGNIFICENT VOYAGERS," 1987-90.
label: Notes
content: FROM CARD [2849]: "LARGE BASEBALL BAT TYPE."
label: Notes
content: FROM CARD [2849-50]: "BAT SHAPED. CAT. 2849. ORIG. 1963. CLUB, BASEBALL TYPE. 37.5" LONG. I.M. BROWER. (THIS INFORMATION GIVEN BY K. P. EMORY, BISHOP MUSEUM, 6/24/61.)"
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: E2849-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Club
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 95.6 cm
label: Minimum Diameter - Object
content: 7.5 cm
label: Maximum Diameter - Object
content: 9.1 cm