War Club, "Kinikini"
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: "KINIKINI," PRIEST'S OR CHIEF'S HARDWOOD CLUB, WITH A BROAD PADDLE-LIKE BLADE COVERED WITH INCISING AND CARVED DESIGNS IN CRESCENT AND FULL MOON MOTIFS. THE BASE OF THE BLADE WIDENS TO POINTS WITH RIBS GOING DOWN AND ACROSS THE CENTER. THE THIN EDGE OF THE BLADE WAS USED AS A WEAPON, FOR CUTTING AND SNAPPING THROUGH THE BONE. THIS CLUB IS VERY BROAD, AND MAY HAVE BEEN USED AS A SHIELD/CLUB. PUBLICATION: FOR A SIMILAR CLUB SEE FERGUS CLUNIE, "YALO I VITI," FIJI MUSEUM, 1986, PP. 119 & 185, AND CLUNIE, "FIJIAN WEAPONS AND WARFARE," 1977, P. 55-56. EXHIBITED MAGNIFICENT VOYAGERS, NATIONAL MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY, 1985-86.
label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "LARGE, PADDLE-SHAPED, WIDE CROSS RIB."
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: E2895-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Club
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 108.7 cm
label: Minimum Width - Object
content: 14.9 cm
label: Maximum Width - Object
content: 33.7 cm