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 A SIMILARITY TO THE SHAPE OF A COCONUT LEAF MIDRIB. THIS CLUB "UATONGI" HAS AN EXTENDED BILATERAL BLADE, WHICH SEEN IN A CROSS SECTION IS DIAMOND SHAPED, AND HAS FIVE SECTIONS OF CARVED BANDS ALONG THE WIDEST SECTION OF THE CLUB. BEGINNING AT THE TOP THERE ARE SIX BANDS, THEN FIVE, FOUR, THREE, AND ENDING WITH TWO. THE SHAFT IS ROUNDED, AND HAS A ROW OF LOOSELY BRAIDED COCONUT FIBER WRAPPING. HAS ORIGINAL PEALE TAG; ALSO WRITTEN ON CLUB, "SAMOA B.M.73".
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: E5071-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Club
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 118 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 10 cm
label: Diameter - Base
content: 4.3 cm