War Club, "Gadi"
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: "GADI," LARGE, STRAIGHT-SHAFTED, POLE-LIKE, HARDWOOD WAR CLUB. THE HAND GRIP IS COVERED WITH CARVED GEOMETRIC MOTIFS, AND NARROW BANDS CONTINUE AT INTERVALS THE ENTIRE LENGTH OF THE CLUB. THE BASE IS SLIGHTLY CONCAVE. HAS ORIGINAL PEALE TAG. EXHIBITED MAGNIFICENT VOYAGERS, NATIONAL MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY, 1985-86. EXHIBITED SITES "MAGNIFICENT VOYAGERS," 1987-90.
label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "HEAVY STAFF."
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: E4718-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Club
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 124.8 cm
label: Minimum Diameter - Object
content: 5.1 cm
label: Maximum Diameter - Object
content: 6.7 cm