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: VERY LONG SPEAR MADE OF UNDECORATED COCONUT WOOD WITH A FLATTENED PADDLE-LIKE HEAD COMING TO A POINT. PREVIOUSLY CATALOGUED AS KINGSMILL, BUT EXAMINED BY K. LUOMALA AND MARTHA COOPER AND LATER RECATALOGUED AS TONGAREVA OR PENRHYN IS. AS ORIGINALLY STATED BY TITIAN PEALE.
label: Notes
content: ROM CARD: "3626-31. FLAT BLADE. #3626 MADE OF COCOA NUT WOOD, VERY LONG, HARD. HEAD, LOZENGE SHAPED, HAVING A LONG POINT. THESE SPECIMENS OF SPEARS FROM KINGSMILL ISLAND DO NOT POSSESS THAT FORMIDABLE NATURE THAT CHARACTERIZES THE SWORDS FROM THOSE ISLANDS. LENGTH, 9 FT. 10 IN. DI. OF HANDLE 1 1/2 IN. LOCALITY: *KINGSMILL GROUP-DEFINITELY NOT KINGSMILL (K. LUOMALA). REMARKS: *LOCALITY RE-IDENTIFIED AS TONGAREVA/MARTHA COOPER."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 30 Jul 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Penrhyn Atoll, Cook Islands, Polynesia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Tongarevan
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 66A00050
label: USNM Number
content: E3626-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Spear
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 301 cm