War Club, "Dui"
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: TONGAN TYPE HARDWOOD CLUB WIDELY USED IN FIJI, PERHAPS A "DUI," WHICH HAD A BROAD HEAD SHAPED LIKE A FAN.THIS CLUB IS UNDECORATED. MARKS> REMNANT OF ORIGINAL PEALE TAG "-957." WRITING ON CLUB VISIBLE UNDER BLACKLIGHT READS, "BY R.E. JOHNSON NO 8 EX EX V[INCENNES]". PUBLICATION: FOR A SIMILAR CLUB SEE FERGUS CLUNIE, "FIJIAN WEAPONS AND WARFARE," FIJI MUSEUM, 1977, P. 57, FIG. 9. ORIGINALLY CATALOGUED AS NEW ZEALAND, LATER IDENTIFIED AS SAMOAN BY SAUL RIESENBERG, BUT ACCORDING TO CLUNIE IT IS DEFINITELY FIJIAN.
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: E3831-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Club
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 82.4 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 15.5 cm
label: Diameter - Object
content: 5.7 cm