War Club, "Totokia"
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: "TOTOKIA," BEAKED HARDWOOD WAR CLUB, OR BATTLEHAMMER WITH A HEAVY, SWOLLEN HEAD COVERED WITH ROWS OF CARVED POINTS AND ENDING IN AN ELONGATED BEAK. AROUND THE FACE OF THE HEAD ARE FOUR HOLES WHERE BONE INLAY ONCE WAS. THE HAND GRIP IS COVERED WITH INTRICATE INCISED GEOMETRIC MOTIFS. THERE IS A ROW OF SMALL HOLES GOING UP ONE SIDE OF THE SHAFT. HAS ORIGINAL PEALE TAG. 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. EXHIBITED SITES "MAGNIFICENT VOYAGERS," 1987-90.
label: Notes
content: FROM CARD [2865-74]: "WITH A KNOTTY CLUB HEAD." FROM CARD [2868 A]: "PINEAPPLE TYPE."
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: E2868-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Club
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 87.3 cm
label: Minimum Diameter - Object
content: 5.6 cm
label: Maximum Diameter - Object
content: 13 cm