Throwing Club, "Iula"
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: "IULATAVATAVA," FLUTED THROWING CLUB FASHIONED WITH FLANGES OR SERRATIONS AROUND THE HEAD, WHICH WERE ORIGINALLY THE BUTTRESS ROOTS OF THE SHRUB FROM WHICH IT IS MADE. THE ROOTS HAVE BEEN CUT SO AS TO FORM ROWS OF KNOBS, THE HANDLE IS UNDECORATED EXCEPT FOR A THIN PIECE OF WHITE LEATHER AROUND THE BASE. EXHIBITED MAGNIFICENT VOYAGERS, NATIONAL MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY, 1985-86.
label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "2876-91. CAT. NO. 2887, ORIG. NO. 2083."
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: E2887-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Club
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 53.9 cm
label: Minimum Diameter - Object
content: 2.7 cm
label: Maximum Diameter - Object
content: 12.6 cm