War Club, "Totokia"
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1858
label: Collection Date
content: 1838 to 1842
name: label: Collector
content: Lt. William M. Walker
label: Donor Name
content: United States Exploring Expedition
notes: label: Notes
content: "TOTOKIA," BEAKED HARDWOOD WAR CLUB, OR BATTLEHAMMER WITH A HEAVY, SWOLLEN HEAD COVERED WITH ROWS OF POINTS AND ENDING IN AN ELONGATED BEAK. THE HAND GRIP IS COVERED WITH INTRICATE INCISED GEOMETRIC MOTIFS, AND THERE ARE DOUBLE ROWS OF INCISING AROUND THE TOP OF THE SHAFT. MARKS> WRITTEN ON THE SIDE OF THE CLUB, "WM. WALKER - PURCHASED AT PAVUA JAU." PUBLICATION: FOR A SIMILAR CLUB SEE FERGUS CLUNIE, "YALO I VITI," FIJI MUSEUM, 1986, PP. 118, 185. EXHIBITED MAGNIFICENT VOYAGERS, NATIONAL MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY, 1985-86.
label: Notes
content: "Pavua Jau" not verified as a place name. Perhaps it is an obsolete name? Tavua is a place name in Fiji. Navua is the name of a river in Viti Levu.
label: Notes
content: FROM CARD [2866 A]: "PINEAPPLE TYPE. WRITING IN INK ON SIDE--LOOKS LIKE "WM. WALKER. PURCHASED AT PAVUA JAU."
label: Notes
content: FROM CARD [2865-74]: "WITH A NOTTY CLUB HEAD."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 30 Jul 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Pavua Jau, 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: E2866-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Club
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 95.3 cm
label: Minimum Diameter - Object
content: 5.4 cm
label: Maximum Diameter - Object
content: 10.7 cm