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: HARDWOOD CLUB WITH BROADLY FLARING DISTAL END WHICH IS CARVED INTO TEN RIDGES WHICH FORMS A SUNBURST PATTERN AT THE TOP. THE SHAFT HAS THREE CARVED BANDS EQUALLY SPACED, AND THE PROXIMAL END IS SLIGHTLY FLARED AND HAS A SUSPENSORY LUG. THERE IS A ROUND HOLE AT THE TOP WHICH MAY HAVE HAD AN IVORY INLAY. HAS ORIGINAL PEALE TAG. EXHIBITED MAGNIFICENT VOYAGERS, NATIONAL MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY, 1985-86. EXHIBITED SITES "MAGNIFICENT VOYAGERS," 1987-89.
label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "3409 BORE AN ORIGINAL TAG, PART OF WHICH READS "2 CLUBS.....ISLE MANUA.....DECM. 1839....."."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 30 Jul 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Manu'a Islands, American Samoa, United States, Polynesia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Samoan
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 66A00050
label: USNM Number
content: E3409-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Club
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 89.7 cm
label: Diameter - Object
content: 8.5 cm
label: Diameter - Object
content: 4.5 cm