War Club
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: LARGE HARDWOOD CLUB NARROW AT THE PROXIMAL END, BROAD AND FLATTENED AT THE DISTAL END. THE FLAT PADDLE SHAPE AT THE TOP WITH TWO PROJECTING FLANGES, AND IS COVERED WITH INTRICATE CARVING EMPLOYING GEOMETRIC AND CURVILINEAR DESIGNS AND STYLIZED HUMAN FACES. HAS ORIGINAL PEALE TAG. THIS OBJECT WAS ON PERMANENT EXHIBIT IN THE PACIFIC HALL, N.M.N.H., AND WAS REMOVED AND EXHIBITED IN "MAGNIFICENT VOYAGERS," NATIONAL MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY, 1985-86. THE CLUB HAS BEEN REPLACED ON PERMANENT EXHIBIT, 1989. [Exhibit taken down 2004.]
label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "3726-8. CAT. 3726, ORIG. 742. CLUB, 4'10" LONG. (THIS INFORMATION GIVEN BY K.P. EMORY, BISHOP MUSEUM, 6/24/41)."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 30 Jul 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Marquesas Islands, France, Polynesia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Marquesan
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 66A00050
label: USNM Number
content: E3726-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Club
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 147.3 cm
label: Width - Top
content: 17.8 cm
label: Width - Base
content: 5 cm