Spear
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1895
name: label: Collector
content: Richard D. Mohun
label: Donor Name
content: U. S. Department Of State
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "CHIEF M'BULIS'. IRON POINT HAS A SHORT BLADE (23 CM.) AND LONG FORE-SHAFT WHICH EXPANDS AT BASE TO MAKE A SHORT FUNNEL-SHAPED SOCKET BLADE BEARE INCISED GEOMETRIC DESIGN. SHAFT: FORE PART WRAPPED WITH COPPER RIBBON AND SHEET, HIND PART CARVED WITH JANUS HEAD AND INCISED HANDLE, SQUARE IN CROSS-SECTION. BUTT FITTED WITH SHORT SHARPENED BLADE. MBULI IS LISTED IN O. BOONE "CARTE ETHNIQUE DU CONGO QUART SUD-EST" P. 43 AS ONE OF THE HEMBA FAMILIES. CLEANED, SEE RESTORATION RECORD 4-15-64."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 7 Jun 2022
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Lukuga River, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Africa
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Barua
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 029024
label: USNM Number
content: E174997-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Spear
physicalDescription: label: Unknown - Short Blade
content: 23 cm
label: Length
content: 169 cm
label: Width
content: 3.6 cm
label: Length - Point
content: 70 cm