Indian Lance Iron Point
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1876
name: label: Collector
content: Dr. John B. White
label: Donor Name
content: Dr. John B. White
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "INVENTORIED 1974." FROM CARD: "BUFFALO LANCE.---THE HEAD OF THE LANCE IS THE BLADE OF AN OLD CAVALRY SABER; THE SHAFT, THE FLOWER-STEM OF THE CENTURY PLANT (AGAVE AMERICANA) ATTACHED TO THE BLADE BY A BAND OF MEMBRANE. APACHES, ARIZONA, 1875. 21,517. COLLECTED BY DR. J. B. WHITE, U. S. A. ACCORDING TO CAPT. J. G. BOURKE, U. S. A., THE LANCES OF THIS KIND WERE FORMERLY TIPPED WITH A FLINT HEAD TWO OR THREE INCHES LONG AND ONE INCH WIDE. INVENTORIED 1974."
label: Notes
content: “No. 12 [21,507] and 18 [21,517] are about the person of Indians without arms whenever the different tribes are unfriendly to each other and come together.” per White's original catalog in the NAA.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 6 Aug 2019
label: Specimen Count
content: 3
place: label: Place
content: Arizona, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Apache
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 004869
label: USNM Number
content: E21517-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Lance