Patu-Patu
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1883
name: label: Donor Name
content: J B. Aldrich
notes: label: Notes
content: STONE CLUB OF FINE GRAIN BASALT, ALSO CALLED "GREENSTONE" . SHAPE: LONG OVATE. HANDLE DECORATED. REFER TO J. IMBELLONI "THE DIFFUSION IN AMERICA OF PATU ONEWA, PATU PARAOA, MITI AND OTHER RELATIVES OF THE MERE FAMILY." IN THE JOURNAL OF THE POLYNESIAN SOCIETY VOL.39, 1930:323-234 & FIG.1- FOR PHOTO AND DISCUSSION. (SR JONES 11/96).
label: Notes
content: From card: "Illus. Amer. Antiquarian, Mar. 1895, p. 73, fig . Long oval shaped, biconical hole drilled below top end. Greenstone. Cast -- gift to Waynesburg College, Waynesburg, PA, 5/28/1934".
label: Notes
content: This was purchased from Mr. J. B. Aldrich, in 1883, who claimed that it was excavated in S.E. Colorado (see accession history). The back of the catalog card reads: "6/30/1977 since this is a well identified type of New Zealand greenstone club, it probably was NOT found in a mound in Bent, Co., Colorado... A very fine old specimen. A 2 inch chip off the front end. [Robert Elder]."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 7 Jul 2021
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: New Zealand (Aotearoa), Polynesia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 013287
label: USNM Number
content: E61959-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Club
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 37.47 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 10.79 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 11.7 cm
label: Length - Object
content: 37.3 cm