Spear
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1 Dec 1989
label: Collection Date
content: Jul 1967 to Aug 1967
name: label: Collector
content: Dr. Barry Alpher
label: Donor Name
content: Dr. Barry Alpher
notes: label: Notes
content: Barbed, wooden wallaby spear, of a type formerly used in warfare. Barb consists of a 9.0 cm long, pointed metal wire, wound with mud covered vegetable fiber onto end of spear shaft. From butt end, 123 cm of shaft is stained black. Butt end and near center of shaft are wound with resin-covered vegetable fiber. Made by Victor Mission.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 2 Dec 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Kowanyama, Cape York Peninsula, Queensland, Australia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Yir Yoront (Jirjoront)
label: Culture
content: Aboriginal Australian
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 378672
label: USNM Number
content: E424807-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Spear
physicalDescription: label: Length
content: 279 cm
label: Diameter
content: 1.7 cm