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 HARDWOOD CLUB, WITH A NARROW PADDLE-LIKE BLADE, SERRATED EDGES AND A CROSS RIB AT THE BASE. THE THIN EDGE OF THE BLADE WAS USED AS A WEAPON, FOR CUTTING AND SNAPPING THROUGH BONE. THERE IS A BAND OF PANDANUS WRAPPED AROUND THE GRIP. MARKS: RED AND WHITE TAG READS, "FIJI IS. E[DGE]. P[ARTINGTON]. 98". 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. NOTE ON OLD CATALOGUE CARD STATES, "PADDLE TYPE (CHURCHILL'S 'SERRATED' TYPE)."
label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "PADDLE TYPE (CHURCHILL'S "SERRATED" TYPE). TAG SAYS "E.P. 98".
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: E2894-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Club
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 93.9 cm
label: Minimum Width - Object
content: 8.1 cm
label: Maximum Width - Object
content: 10.8 cm
label: Diameter - Object
content: 4.5 cm