War Club, "Dui"
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: TONGAN TYPE HARDWOOD CLUB WIDELY USED IN FIJI, PERHAPS A "DUI," WHICH HAD A BROAD HEAD SHAPED LIKE A FAN.THIS CLUB IS UNDECORATED, EXCEPT FOR THE BASE WHICH HAS A STAR-SHAPED HOLE IN IT WHERE AN IVORY INLAY ONCE WAS. PUBLICATION: SEE FERGUS CLUNIE, "FIJIAN WEAPONS AND WARFARE," FIJI MUSEUM, 1977, P. 57, FIG. 9. ORIGINALLY CATALOGUED AS NEW ZEALAND BUT ACCORDINGTO CLUNIE IT IS DEFINITELY FIJIAN.
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: E3830-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Club
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 79.8 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 15 cm
label: Diameter - Object
content: 4 cm