War Club, "Bowai" / Slit-Gong
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: "BOWAI," VERY LARGE, BROAD, STRAIGHT-SHAFTED, HARDWOOD, BAT-LIKE WAR CLUB. THE CENTRAL PORTION OF THIS CLUB HAS A SLIT CUT THROUGH IT, MEASURING 46.7 CM. LONG & 1.5 CM. WIDE. THE PROXIMAL END IS FLARED AND HAS A BRAIDED COCONUT FIBER CORD LACED THROUGH A HOLE IN THE SIDE AND BOTTOM. THE DISTAL END OF THE CLUB IS MUCH WIDER AND HEAVIER THAN THE BASE. APPARENTLY THIS CLUB WAS MADE INTO A SLIT-GONG. EXHIBITED MAGNIFICENT VOYAGERS, NATIONAL MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY, 1985-86. EXHIBITED SITES "MAGNIFICENT VOYAGERS," 1987-90.
label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "BAT SHAPED." FROM CARD: "LARGE BASEBALL BAT WITH SLIT CUT THROUGH LONG AXIS."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 8 Nov 2023
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: E2850-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Club
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 106.5 cm
label: Minimum Diameter - Object
content: 7 cm
label: Maximum Diameter - Object
content: 10 cm