Throwing Club, "Iula"
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1858
label: Collection Date
content: 1838 to 1842
name: label: Collector
content: United States Exploring Expedition
label: Donor Name
content: United States Exploring Expedition
notes: label: Notes
content: "IULADRISIA," BALL-HEADED THROWING CLUB FASHIONED FROM THE DENSE ROOT-STOCKS OF SMALL HARDWOOD TREES. THE BALL-HEAD IS COMPLETELY COVERED WITH CARVED ROW OF ZIG ZAG DESIGNS. THE HANDGRIP IS ALSO DECORATED WITH CARVED GEOMETRIC MOTIFS. HAS ORIGINAL PEALE TAG, ALSO WRITTEN ON CLUB, "EX EX" AND "BOX 24" [PRESUMABLY THE BOX IN WHICH THE CLUB WAS ORIGINALLY SHIPPED]. EXHIBITED MAGNIFICENT VOYAGERS, NATIONAL MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY, 1985-86. EXHIBITED SITES "MAGNIFICENT VOYAGERS," 1987-90.
label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "SEE CATALOGUE CONCERNING TICKETS. THESE WERE NUMBERED BUT NOT TICKETED."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 19 Dec 2023
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: E3008-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Club
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 39.7 cm
label: Minimum Diameter - Object
content: 2 cm
label: Maximum Diameter - Object
content: 8.4 cm