Spear Thrower
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1858
label: Collection Date
content: 1839 to 1840
name: label: Donor Name
content: United States Exploring Expedition
notes: label: Notes
content: A LONG, NARROW, WOODEN STICK WHICH IS WIDER AT ONE END THAN THE OTHER. THE NARROWER END IS COVERED WITH PITCH, & MOST LIKELY HAD A SMALL POINT EMBEDDED IN THE PITCH FOR ATTACHING TO A SPEAR. THE PEALE DESCRIPTION IS IN ERROR, OR PERHAPS THE ORIGINAL NUMBER HAS BEEN MISPLACED ON THIS OBJECT. HAS ORIGINAL PEALE TAG. PUBLICATION: "NARRATIVE OF THE UNITED STATES EXPLORING EXPEDITION," 1838-1842, VOL. II, PP. 190-193 http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/21946692, AND P. 238, http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/21946740. EXHIBITED MAGNIFICENT VOYAGERS, NATIONAL MUSUEM OF NATURAL HISTORY, 1985-86.
label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "PEALE CATALOG: 548 = STONE CHISEL (sic)."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 7 Dec 2016
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: New South Wales (not certain), Australia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Aboriginal Australian
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 66A00050
label: USNM Number
content: E5636-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Atlatl
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 48 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 2.6 cm