War Club, "Totokia"
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: "TOTOKIA," BEAKED HARDWOOD WAR CLUB, OR BATTLEHAMMER WITH A HEAVY, SWOLLEN HEAD COVERED WITH ROWS OF CARVED POINTS AND ENDING IN AN ELONGATED BEAK. THERE IS A CORD OF COCONUT FIBER WRAPPED TWICE AROUND THE BASE OF THE CLUB. MARKS> REMNANT OF RED AND WHITE TAG READS, "F...IS. E[DGE] P[ARTINGTON] 101". PUBLICATION: FOR A SIMILAR CLUB SEE FERGUS CLUNIE, "YALO I VITI," FIJI MUSEUM, 1986, PP. 118, 185. EXHIBITED MAGNIFICENT VOYAGERS, NATIONAL MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY, 1985-86. EXHIBITED SITES "MAGNIFICENT VOYAGERS," 1987-90.
label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "PINEAPPLE TYPE."
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: E3230-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Club
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 93 cm
label: Minimum Diameter - Object
content: 5.7 cm
label: Maximum Diameter - Object
content: 8.8 cm