Spear-Head
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1 Jan 1867
label: Collection Date
content: Ca 1837
name: label: Collector
content: Capt. John H. Aulick
label: Donor Name
content: John Varden
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "PETER BUCK, BISHOP MUS. BULL. 179, "ARTS AND CRAFTS OF COOK ISLANDS," P. 441 SAYS: "FIGURED BY KRIEGER...Pl. 13....AS A DAGGER AND BY LINTON...Pl. 70, C...AS A HARPOON POINT....IN SPITE OF THE RECORD ON AN ORIGINAL LABEL 'THE HEAD OF A LANCE OR SPEAR OF THE MARQUISE ISLAND, BY CAPT. AULICK, AUG. 1837," THE SPEAR HEAD MUST BE ATTRIBUTED TO RURUTU (FIG. 268, D-F)" KENNETH EMORY IDENTIFIED IT, HOWEVER, AS TUBUAI, 6/24/41. THIS SPECIMEN IS PROBABLY THE ONE LISTED IN JOHN VARDEN'S WASHINGTON MUSEUM CATALOG (ORIGINAL IN SMITHSONIAN ARCHIVES) AS FOLLOWS: "HEAD OF A SPEAR FROM THE MARQUESAS. CAPT. AULICK, U.S. NAVY." RECEIVED BY VARDEN," AUG. 18, 1837." (OCT. 1951-J.C.E.). ILLUS. IN PROCEEDINGS, USNM, VOL.79, ART. 30; Pl. 13 RIGHT; P. 54. DESCRIBED AS: "A CARVED WOODEN DAGGER."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 30 Jul 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Rurutu Island, Austral Islands, France, Polynesia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 68A00002
label: USNM Number
content: E5345-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Spearhead