Club, "Kiakavo"
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: "KIAKAVO VIVIDRASA," DANCE OR CEREMONIAL, LIGHTWEIGHT WOODEN CLUB. THE CLUB WAS RARELY USED IN ACTUAL WARFARE, SINCE THE UNDERSIDE OF THE DISTAL END IS ROUNDED, AND LACKS A CUTTING EDGE. THIS CLUB IS ELABORATELY WRAPPED WITH BLACK AND NATURAL BROWN COCONUT FIBER CORD, USING A DESIGN OF BLACK AND BROWN BANDS. THERE ARE ALSO BRAIDS OF COCONUT FIBER, AT THE DISTAL END ALONG WITH STRIPS OF PANDANUS. PUBLICATION: FOR A SIMILAR CLUB SEE FERGUS CLUNIE, "FIJIAN WEAPONS AND WARFARE," 1977, P. 52-53, FIG. I. EXHIBITED MAGNIFICENT VOYAGERS, NATIONAL MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY, 1985-86. EXHIBITED SITES "MAGNIFICENT VOYAGERS," 1987-90. THIS CLUB WAS FOUND IN STORAGE IN THE ABBOTT ROOM, BUT PREVIOUSLY IT HAD NO INVENTORY DATA, NOR TEMPORARY NUMBER.
label: Notes
content: FROM CARD [2865-74]: "WITH A KNOTTY CLUB HEAD. 2871 = ORIG. 1939." FROM CARD [2871 A]: "GUN-STOCK TYPE. SENNIT WRAPPED."
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: E2871-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Club
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 101 cm
label: Minimum Diameter - Object
content: 4.3 cm
label: Maximum Diameter - Object
content: 5.7 cm