War Spear
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1858
label: Collection Date
content: 1838 to 1842
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 COMPOSED OF LAYERS OF CARVED WOODEN BARBS ENDING IN A SHARP POINT. HAS ORIGINAL PEALE TAG; ALSO A SMALL RED STICKER ATTACHED TO THE SHAFT. THE OLD CATALOGUE CARD NOTES THAT THE SPEAR HAD AN ORIGINAL TAG WHICH READ, "C.R. SN...BR. PORPOISE [brig USS Porpoise was one of the ships used on the U.S. Exploring Expedition], 4 SPEARS, SAMOA".
label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "SPACED WRAPPER, FULL LENGTH. THIS SPEAR BORE AN ORIGINAL TAG WHICH READS IN PART, "C.R.SN.....BR. PORPOISE. 4 SPEARS. SAMOA."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 23 Aug 2023
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: American Samoa (not certain), Samoa (not certain) / United States (not certain), Polynesia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Samoan
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 66A00050
label: USNM Number
content: E3419-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Spear
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 234 cm
label: Unknown - Point
content: 58 cm