Throwing Club, "Iula"
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1858
label: Collection Date
content: 1840
name: label: Collector
content: Lt. Joseph A. Underwood
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 HANDLE IS LIGHTLY INCISED AROUND THE HANDGRIP. MARKS> HAS ORIGINAL PEALE TAG, AND A TAG TIED TO CLUB READS, "U.S. EXP LIEUT UNDERWOOD".
label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "3066-3144. 3091 SMALL WAR CLUB, ORIG.# 2085." FROM CARD: "3091. NARROW PADDLE TYPE CLUB. ORIGINALLY CATALOGED AS FIJI, AND UNDOUBTEDLY COLLECTED THERE BY US. EX.EX., BUT LACK OF CROSS RIBS, ALL-OVER DECORATION, SUSPENSION LUG MAKE IT DEFINITELY OF TONGA ORIGIN. (RIESENBERG, JULY, 1965)."
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: E3091-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Club
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 37.5 cm
label: Minimum Diameter - Object
content: 2.1 cm
label: Maximum Diameter - Object
content: 8.3 cm