Donor Name:

United States Exploring Expedition  Search this

Length - Object:

95.8 cm

Culture:

Tongan  Search this

Object Type:

Club

Place:

American Samoa (not certain), Samoa (not certain) / United States (not certain) / Tonga (not certain), Polynesia (not certain)

Accession Date:

1858

Collection Date:

1838 to 1842

Notes:

SHORT "COCONUT STALK" CLUB WITH A DIAMOND SHAPE CROSS SECTION. THE WAR CLUB IS DECORATED WITH INCISED GEOMETRIC DECORATIONS COVERING THE ENTIRE CLUB. THERE ARE ALSO TWO SMALL HUMAN FIGURES CARVED IN RELIEF. THE DECORATIVE CARVING IS TYPICALLY TONGAN. A TAG ATTACHED TO THE BASE READS, "1237". THIS CLUB WAS REMOVED FROM PERMANENT EXHIBIT IN THE PACIFIC HALL, N.M.N.H., 1985. THE CATALOGUE NUMBER HAD BEEN ERRONEOUSLY WRITTEN 13197 (THIS WAS DUE TO A MISREADING OF THE ORIGINAL PEALE NUMBER 1237). THE CLUB HAD THEN BEEN ASSIGNED A TEMPORARY NUMBER OF T-15309, WHICH HAS BEEN CORRECTED TO ITS PRESENT NUMBER 5074.

Record Last Modified:

30 Jul 2020

Specimen Count:

1

Topic:

Ethnology  Search this

Accession Number:

66A00050

USNM Number:

E5074-0

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Data Source:

NMNH - Anthropology Dept.

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/30957e24e-7d63-4a5a-9ff1-2868b30cd230

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmnhanthropology_8467964