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 SPEAR WITH CARVED, BARBED POINT OF HARDER WOOD WHICH IS INSET INTO THE SHAFT AND HAFTED BY MEANS OF COCONUT FIBER CORD. ORANGE FEATHERS ARE VISIBLE BENEATH THE FIBER WRAPPING. HAS ORIGINAL PEALE TAG. THIS OBJECT HAD BEEN CATALOGUED AS FIJIAN, BUT IDENTIFIED BY MARTHA COOPER IN 1967 AS NIUE.
label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "5058-68. LOCALITY RE-IDENTIFIED AS NIUE (WAS: FIJI), MISS MARTHA COOPER--8/28/67."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 30 Jul 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Niue, Polynesia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Niuean
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 66A00050
label: USNM Number
content: E5065-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Spear
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 305 cm