Throwing Club, "Iula"
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1858
label: Collection Date
content: 1838 to 1842
name: label: Collector
content: Lt. Robert E. Johnson
label: Donor Name
content: United States Exploring Expedition
notes: label: Notes
content: "IULADRISIA," BALL-HEADED THROWING CLUB FASHIONED FROM THE DENSE ROOT-STOCKS OF SMALL HARDWOOD TREES. THE HANDGRIP IS DECORATED WITH CARVED GEOMETRIC MOTIFS. THIS CLUB HAD BEEN CATALOGUED AS T-12119, BUT WAS IDENTIFIED AS S.I. CATALOGUE #3072 BY MEANS OF ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT. EXHIBITED MAGNIFICENT VOYAGERS, NATIONAL MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY, 1985-86. EXHIBITED SITES "MAGNIFICENT VOYAGERS," 1987-90.
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: E3072-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Club
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 39.8 cm
label: Minimum Diameter - Object
content: 2.5 cm
label: Maximum Diameter - Object
content: 9.3 cm