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: LONG, CYLINDRICAL, BAT-LIKE CLUB WHICH IS FLARED AT THE DISTAL END, AND IS COVERED WITH CARVED GEOMETRIC DECORATION THE ENTIRE LENGTH OF THE CLUB. THE DESIGNS ARE DIVIDED INTO FIVE SECTIONS BY FOUR BANDS WHICH ARE CARVED HORIZONTALLY. BOTH ENDS OF THE CLUB ARE FLATTENED. HAS ORIGINAL PEALE TAG. EXHIBITED MAGNIFICENT VOYAGERS, NATIONAL MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY, 1985-86.
label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: " STAFF-TYPE. ALL-OVER CARVING. IN PEALE CATALOG DESCRIBED AS "AKAN, WAR CLUBS USED BY THE TONGA ISLANDERS." FROM CARD: "STAFF-TYPE. ALL-OVER CARVING. IN PEALE CATALOG DESCRIBED AS "AKAN, WAR CLUBS USED BY THE TONGA ISLANDERS."
label: Notes
content: Illustrated Figure 17.7 p. 265 and discussed p. 265 in Kaeppler, Adrienne L. 2019. "A Kato Mosi Kaka and other Treasures from Tonga from the US Exploring Expedition." In Collecting and Provenance: A Multi-Disciplinary Approach. Milosch, Jane and Pearce, Nick, editors. 257–268. Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield. Identified as akau war club.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 16 Sep 2024
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Tongatapu Group, Tonga, Polynesia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Tongan
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 66A00050
label: USNM Number
content: E3592-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Club
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 106 cm
label: Diameter - Base
content: 5 cm
label: Diameter - Top
content: 7.3 cm