War Spear
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1858
label: Collection Date
content: 1838 to 1842
name: label: Collector
content: United States Exploring Expedition
label: Donor Name
content: United States Exploring Expedition
notes: label: Notes
content: "GADREGADRE," MULTI-BARBED, HARDWOOD FIGHTING SPEAR WITH LONG AND HEAVY BARBS. THE BARBS ARE CARVED FROM THE SHAFT, EACH SPEAR CONSISTS OF A SINGLE PIECE OF WOOD. BENEATH THE BARBS IS A WRAPPING OF TWISTED COCONUT FIBER CORD, AND DECORATED WITH BRAIDS AND KNOTS OF CORD. THERE ARE ALSO LENGTHS OF VINE WHICH ARE WRAPPED IN BETWEEN THE BARBS. EXHIBITED MAGNIFICENT VOYAGERS, NATIONAL MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY, 1985-86. EXHIBITED SITES "MAGNIFICENT VOYAGERS," 1987-90.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 30 Jul 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Fiji, Melanesia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Fijian
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 66A00050
label: USNM Number
content: E2923-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Spear
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 356 cm
label: Diameter - Object
content: ca. 11 cm