War Club, "Bowai"
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1858
label: Collection Date
content: 24 Jul 1840
name: label: Collector
content: Henry Eld
label: Donor Name
content: United States Exploring Expedition
notes: label: Notes
content: "BOWAI," STRAIGHT, POLE-LIKE, HARDWOOD WAR CLUB. THIS LARGE CLUB IS DECORATED WITH INTRICATE CARVING AT THE HAND GRIP. HAS ORIGINAL PEALE TAG, ALSO WRITTEN ON CLUB, "4736 EX EX... FEJEE IS." AND "H. ELD". PEALE DESCRIPTION:"WAR CLUBS. IN COMMON USE BY ALL CLASSES OF SOCIETY ON THE FIJI ISLANDS (124 SPECIMENS.)". "* NO. 1952 WAS FOUND NEAR THE BODY OF LT. [JOSEPH] UNDERWOOD USN WHO WAS KILLED AT MOLOLO [MALOLO] JULY 25TH [date was actually July 24] 1840 BY THE NATIVES AT THE SAME TIME WITH MIDSHIPMAN [WILKES] HENRY. THE CLUB WAS PICKED UP BY HENRY ELD, PASSED MIDSHIPMAN U.S. EXPLORING EXPEDITION." EXHIBITED MAGNIFICENT VOYAGERS, NATIONAL MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY, 1985-86. EXHIBITED SITES "MAGNIFICENT VOYAGERS," 1987-90.
label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "STAFF-SHAPE. PEALE CATALOG: "WAS FOUND NEAR THE BODY OF LT. UNDERWOOD USN WHO WAS KILLED AT MOLO JULY 25TH 1840 BY THE NATIVES AT THE SAME TIME WITH MID SHIP MAN HENRY. THE CLUB WAS PICKED UP BY HENRY ELD, PASSED MIDSHIPMAN U S EXPLORING EXPEDITION."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 30 Jul 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Malolo Island, 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: E4736-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Club
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 115 cm
label: Diameter - Object
content: 11 cm