Spear Thrower
date: label: Accession Date
content: 28 Apr 1994
label: Collection Date
content: 1970's
name: label: Collector
content: George C. McGhee
label: Donor Name
content: George C. McGhee
notes: label: Notes
content: LIGHT BROWN BLACKENED WITH CHARCOAL; SHAFT IS A ROUND TUBE OF BAMBOO SURMOUNTED BY CARVED WOODEN AVIAN (?) FIGURE ATTACHED WITH CANE STRIPS. SHAFT HAS CUT-OUTSECTION AND ENDS WITH A TAPERED TUBE END. NOTE: MCGHEE'S LABEL READS "KARAM" AND "7".
label: Record Last Modified
content: 2 Dec 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Sepik River (lower) / Keram River, New Guinea, Papua New Guinea, Melanesia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 390923
label: USNM Number
content: E427008-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Atlatl
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 66.5 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 11.5 cm
label: Height - Object
content: 4.5 cm