War Club, "Gata"
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: "GATA WAKA KIAKAVO," WAR CLUB MADE OF HARDWOOD WITH THE BLADE OR CHEEK HAVING BEEN POUNDED INTO SHAPE IN THE GROWING TREE, BEFORE THE CLUB WAS CUT. THESE SPURRED CLUBS WERE FORMERLY REFERRED TO AS "GUNSTOCK" CLUBS. MARKS> FADED YELLOW STICKER ON CLUB, NO WRITING VISIBLE. PUBLICATION: FOR A SIMILAR CLUB SEE FERGUS CLUNIE, "FIJIAN WEAPONS AND WARFARE," 1977, P. 52-53, FIG. 3. EXAMINED BY KENNETH P. EMORY, BISHOP MUSEUM, JUNE 1941. THIS CLUB PREVIOUSLY HAD NO INVENTORY DATA, BUT WAS FOUND IN THE ABBOTT ROOM AND IDENTIFIED BY MEANS OF ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT AS #2870. THERE WAS NO TEMPORARY NUMBER. 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 [2870 A]: "SMALL GUN STOCK. (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: 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: E2870-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Club
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 104.2 cm
label: Minimum Diameter - Object
content: 5 cm
label: Maximum Diameter - Object
content: 5.3 cm