War Club, "Kiakavo"
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1858
label: Collection Date
content: 1838 to 1842
name: label: Collector
content: Lt. Thomas A. Budd
label: Donor Name
content: United States Exploring Expedition
notes: label: Notes
content: "KIAKAVO," LARGE, HARDWOOD, SPURRED DANCE OR CEREMONIAL CLUB. THE ROUGHENED BLADE OR CHEEK REGION OF THIS CLUB WAS POUNDED WITH STONES ON THE GROWING TREE BEFORE THE CLUB WAS CUT. MOST OF THE SHAFT, EXCEPT FOR THE HAND GRIP, IS WRAPPED WITH A FINELY BRAIDED COCONUT FIBER CORD IN ALTERNATING DARK AND LIGHT COLORS. NOTE ON OLD CATALOGUE CARD STATES, "TAG SAYS 'E[DGE] P[ARTINGTON] 105.' ANOTHER TAG SAYS 'COLLECTED BY LIEUT. BUDD'". EXHIBITED MAGNIFICENT VOYAGERS, NATIONAL MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY, 1985-86.
label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "GUN-STOCK TYPE. WRAPPED IN SENNIT. TAG SAYS "E P 105." ANOTHER TAG SAYS "COLLECTED BY LIEUT. BUDD"."
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: E3379-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Club
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 95.5 cm
label: Diameter - Base
content: 5.1 cm