War Spear
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1858
label: Collection Date
content: 1838 to 1840
name: label: Donor Name
content: United States Exploring Expedition
notes: label: Notes
content: LONG WOODEN SPEAR WHICH IS WRAPPED ALMOST THE ENTIRE LENGTH OF THE SHAFT WITH BRAIDED COCONUT FIBER CORD. THE POINT IS CARVED AND COMPOSED OF LAYERS OF BARBS ENDING IN A BROKEN POINT. HAS ORIGINAL PEALE TAG. ACCORDING TO THE OLD CATALOGUE CARD THIS SPEAR BORE AN ORIGINAL TAG WHICH READ, "6 SPEARS, T--TUILLA, DECM. 1839,U.S. EX EX".
label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "SPACED WRAPPER, FULL LENGTH. THIS SPEAR BORE AN ORIGINAL TAG "6 SPEARS, T..TOOILLA DECM. 1839. U.S.EX.EX."
label: Notes
content: "T--TUILLA" maybe possibly be Tutuila? (largest island in American Samoa).
label: Record Last Modified
content: 30 Jul 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Manu'a Islands, American Samoa, United States, Polynesia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Samoan
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 66A00050
label: USNM Number
content: E3417-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Spear
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 230 cm
label: Unknown - Point
content: 31 cm