War Club, "Culacula"
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: "CULACULA," PRIEST'S OR CHIEF'S CLUB, WITH A PADDLE-LIKE BLADE SERRATED EDGES, AND A LONG STRAIGHT HANDLE. THE THIN EDGE OF THE BLADE WAS USED AS A WEAPON, FOR CUTTING AND SNAPPING THROUGH BONE. MARKS> REMNANT OF A RED AND WHITE PAPER TAG READS, ----"8". PUBLICATION: FOR A SIMILAR CLUB SEE FERGUS CLUNIE, "YALO I VITI," FIJI MUSEUM, 1986, PP. 119 &185, AND F. CLUNIE, "FIJIAN WEAPONS AND WARFARE," 1977, P. 55-56. NOTE ON OLD CATALOGUE CARD STATES, "ATTACHED TAG SAYS 'FIJI IS. E[DGE]. P[ARTINGTON]. 98'".
label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "PADDLE TYPE (CHURCHILL'S "SERRATED" TYPE). ATTACHED TAG SAYS "FIJI IS. E. P. 98"."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 16 Apr 2017
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: E4684-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Club
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 112.5 cm
label: Minimum Width - Object
content: 9.6 cm
label: Maximum Width - Object
content: 21.3 cm