Spear
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1858
label: Collection Date
content: 1838 to 1842
name: label: Donor Name
content: United States Exploring Expedition
notes: label: Notes
content: LONG, WOODEN SPEAR WITH TWO ROWS OF SHARKS TEETH POINTS LASHED THROUGH DRILLED HOLES ONTO PALM LEAF RIBS; THE RIBS ARE THEN LASHED TO THE WOODEN SPEAR BY MEANS OF BRAIDED COCONUT FIBER CORD. THE SPEAR, ORIGINALLY HAD TWO ADDITIONAL PRONGS, ONLY ONE PRONG IS STILL ATTACHED TO THE BASE OF THE POINT BY SHARKSKIN, AND BOUND WITH COCONUT FIBER AROUND THE SHAFT. BELOW THE POINT, THE SPEAR SHAFT IS WRAPPED WITH PALM LEAF AND LASHED WITH COCONUT FIBER CORD. THE OTHER PRONG HAS BROKEN OFF AND BEEN NUMBERED T16331. THE PRONG IS MUCH LIGHTER THAN THE REST OF THE SPEAR, DUE PERHAPS TO DIFFERENT STORAGE CONDITIONS. EXHIBITED MAGNIFICENT VOYAGERS, NATIONAL MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY, 1985-86. EXHIBITED SITES "MAGNIFICENT VOYAGERS," 1987-89.
label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "3702-04. THREE PRONGS."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 13 Jan 2017
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Kiribati, Micronesia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Gilbertese
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 66A00050
label: USNM Number
content: E3702-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Spear
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 358 cm