FMNH 274503.nosub[1]

  • 274503 wood club
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    Description: scan of catalog card [FRONT] [MAIN BODY] Chicago Natural History Museum-Ethnology | Catalogue No. 274503 | ENT | Accession No. 2616 | Field Catalogue No. FC-2988 | Negative No. | Sub. Ind. No. 51-23 | General Provenience: Polynesia Tonga Fiji | Where collected: probably Tonga | Where made: Fiji | Attribution: of Fiji manufacture | Tribe: | People: Tonga Fijian | Culture: | Brief description: Polynesia Tonga Fiji (6.5.1981) Throwing Club | Detailed description: Missile club of wood; uncarved handle splayed at distal and proximal ends; knob is domed and patterend. Tongans valued Fiji clubs. | See reverse | Dimensions (in cm.): length: 42.7 width: height: circumference: diameter: 10.4 (head) | Fuller Collection: Purchased from Captain A. W. Fuller of London, England, in 1958 Formerly in the collection of the Duke of Leeds, Hornby Castle, Northallerton, Yorkshire. Acquired by Fuller (over) | [BACK] on June 11, 1930. | 274503 |
Catalog Number: 274503.nosub[1]
Description: club
Materials: wood
Cultural Attribution: Tongan
Accession Number: [2616] A. W. F. Fuller (Purchase)
Accession Year: 1958
Other Numbers: FC 2988
Collector/Source: Captain Alfred W. F. Fuller, Captain Alfred W. F. Fuller
EMu IRN: 1183501
GUID: 297ee913-ef36-4f0a-900f-0c438a22a951

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