War Club, "Totokia"
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: "TOTOKIA," BEAKED HARDWOOD WAR CLUB, OR BATTLE- HAMMER WITH A HEAVY, SWOLLEN HEAD COVERED WITH ROWS OF CARVED POINTS AND ENDING IN AN ELONGATED BEAK. THE HAND GRIP IS COVERED WITH INCISED GEOMETRIC DESIGNS, AND THERE ARE THREE BANDS OF INCISING AT THE TOP OF THE CLUB. THERE ARE TWO HOLES DRILLED AT THE BASE OF THE CLUB. PUBLICATION: FOR A SIMILAR CLUB SEE FERGUS CLUNIE, "YALO I VITI," FIJI MUSEUM, 1986, PP. 118 & 185. EXHIBITED MAGNIFICENT VOYAGERS, NATIONAL MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY, 1985-86.
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: E4705-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Club
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 103 cm
label: Minimum Diameter - Object
content: 6.9 cm
label: Maximum Diameter - Object
content: 13.7 cm