Paddle-Club
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1858
label: Collection Date
content: 1838 to 1842
name: label: Collector
content: Lt. R. P. Robinson
label: Donor Name
content: United States Exploring Expedition
notes: label: Notes
content: INTRICATELY CARVED "PADDLE"-CLUB FROM TONGA; THE CARVED GEOMETRIC DESIGNS COVER THE CLUB. HAS ORIGINAL PEALE TAG. THIS OBJECT WAS INCORRECTLY CATALOGUED AS THE NEW ZEALAND CANOE PADDLE, THE ACTUAL CANOE PADDLE WAS CATALOGUED AS NORTH AMERICAN AND HAS THE CATALOGUE NUMBER 2654. EXHIBITED MAGNIFICENT VOYAGERS, NATIONAL MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY, 1985-86. PUBLICATION: "MAGNIFICENT VOYAGERS," BY VIOLA & MARGOLIS, S.I. PRESS, 1985, ILLUSTRATED P. 132.
label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "PADDLE OR WAR CLUB. TONGA ([IDENTIFIED PER] S. H. RIESENBERG). CATALOGED ORIGINALLY AS NEW ZEALAND AND SO INDICATED IN PEALE CATALOG, BUT ERRONEOUSLY. PADDLE SHAPE."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 30 Jul 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Tongatapu Group, Tonga, Polynesia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Tongan
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 66A00050
label: USNM Number
content: E3780-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Club
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 15.5 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 1.3 cm
label: Height - Object
content: 3.1 cm