War Club
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1858
label: Collection Date
content: 1838 to 1842
name: label: Collector
content: Lt. Augustus L. Case
label: Donor Name
content: United States Exploring Expedition
notes: label: Notes
content: CYLINDRICAL BATON LIKE CLUB WHICH COVERED WITH INTRICATE CARVING IN GEOMETRIC DESIGNS. THE DECORATIVE CARVING IS TYPICAL OF TONGA, BUT THE CLUB MAY HAVE BEEN COLLECTED IN SAMOA. THIS CLUB WAS ON PERMANENT EXHIBITION IN THE PACIFIC HALL OF THE USNM, 1989 [exhibit dismantled in 2004].
label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "3469-74. CAT. 3472. EXH. HALL 8, UNIT 6. [Exhibit taken down 2004]"
label: Record Last Modified
content: 30 Jul 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: American Samoa (not certain), Samoa (not certain) / United States (not certain) / Tonga (not certain), Polynesia (not certain)
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Tongan (?)
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 66A00050
label: USNM Number
content: E3472-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Club
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 99.5 cm
label: Diameter - Object
content: 5 cm