War Club, "Sali"
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1858
label: Collection Date
content: 1838 to 1842
name: label: Collector
content: Lt. Cadwalader Ringgold
label: Donor Name
content: United States Exploring Expedition
notes: label: Notes
content: "SALI," LARGE HARDWOOD WAR CLUB WITH VERY BROAD BLADE AND A SHARP CREST OR SPUR. THE BROAD, FLAT BLADE AT THE DISTAL END OF THE CLUB IS COVERED ON BOTH SIDES WITH ACARVED CHECKERBOARD PATTERN. THE CLUB IS NAMED AFTER THE CLAWED "SALI" FLOWER OF A WILD BANANA-LIKE PLANT. MARKS> REMNANT OF ORIGINAL PEALE TAG. WRITTEN ON THE CLUB, "MALOLO BY C[ADWALADER] RINGGOLD EX. EX. ". EXAMINED BY KENNETH P. EMORY, BISHOP MUSEUM, JUNE 1941. EXHIBITED MAGNIFICENT VOYAGERS, NATIONAL MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY, 1985-86.
label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "(THIS INFORMATION GIVEN BY K. P. EMORY, BISHOP MUSEUM 6/24/41). BEARS RINGGOLD'S NAME IN INK."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 30 Jul 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Malolo Island (not certain), 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: E3360-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Club
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 104 cm
label: Minimum Diameter - Object
content: 5 cm
label: Maximum Unknown - Object
content: 5.4 cm