War Club
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1858
label: Collection Date
content: 1838 to 1842
name: label: Donor Name
content: United States Exploring Expedition
notes: label: Notes
content: SO-CALLED "COCONUT-STALK" CLUB BECAUSE OF SIMILARITY TO THE SHAPE OF A COCONUT LEAF MIDRIB. THE CLUB HAS AN EXTENDED BILATERAL BLADE WHICH DIMINISHES IN WIDTH TOWARD THE PROXIMAL END WHERE IT BECOMES A ROUNDED SHAFT. AT APPROXIMATELY ONE QUARTER OF THE LENGTH OF THE CLUB, THERE ARE TWO SMALL CARVED TEETH PROTRUDING FROM THE WIDER SECTION OF THE CLUB. THERE IS ALSO A CARVED LUG AT THE PROXIMAL END. HAS ORIGINAL PEALE TAG; ALSO VISIBLE UNDER ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT AT THE BASE OF THE CLUB, "NO 10, PORPOISE [brig USS Porpoise was one of the ships used on the U.S. Exploring Expedition] JUNE 1840 VIA BOSTON [SHIP]".
label: Record Last Modified
content: 23 Aug 2023
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: American Samoa (not certain), Samoa (not certain) / United States (not certain), Polynesia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Samoan
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 66A00050
label: USNM Number
content: E3345-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Club
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 114.2 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 10 cm
label: Diameter - Base
content: 0.3 cm