Fish Spear
date: label: Accession Date
content: 2 May 1949
name: label: Donor Name
content: American-Australian Scientific Expedition to Arnhem Land
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "TYPE USED BEFORE METAL OR WIRE PRONGS. EACH HAS TWO PRONGS, ONE WITH NOTCHES ON INSIDE, THE OTHER NOTCHED ON OUTSIDE. WOODEN PRONGS 17.5 IN. - 19.25 IN.. ONE BOUND WITH CORD THE OTHER WITH WAX. BOTH NOTCHED PRONGS ARE PAINTED. ONE SHAFT COVERED WITH RED OCHER. CORD BINDING USED TO KEEP PRONGS FROM SEPARATING. TYPE II, B."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 30 Jul 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Yirrkala, Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, Australia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 178294
label: USNM Number
content: E387512-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Fish Spear
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 192.41 cm
label: Length - Object
content: 275.6 cm