War Club, "Kiakavo"
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: "KIAKAVO," LIGHTWEIGHT WOODEN DANCE OR CEREMONIAL CLUB, A TYPE RARELY IF EVER USED FOR FIGHTING SINCE IT LACKS A CUTTING EDGE. THIS SPURRED CLUB IS NEARLY COVERED WITH INTRICATELY CARVED GEOMETRIC MOTIFS AND HAS A BRAIDED CORD OF COCONUT FIBER WRAPPED AROUND THE BASE. HAS ORIGINAL PEALE TAG. EXHIBITED MAGNIFICENT VOYAGERS, NATIONAL MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY, 1985-86. EXHIBITED SITES "MAGNIFICENT VOYAGERS," 1987-90. EXAMINED BY KENNETH P. EMORY, BISHOP MUSEUM, JUNE 1941.
label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "SMALL GUN STOCK. (THIS INFORMATION GIVEN BY K.P. EMORY, BISHOP MUSEUM, 6/24/41).
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: E3386-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Club
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 36.5 cm
label: Diameter - Base
content: 4.8 cm