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: "SAISAI," MULTI-PRONGED, HARDWOOD, FIGHTING SPEAR COMPOSED OF A SHAFT AND FOUR PRONGS LASHED ON BY MEANS OF COCONUT FIBER CORD. THE FOUR PRONGS ARE BROKEN AWAY FROM THE LASHING, AND THE SHAFT HAS BEEN SAWN IN HALF. THE COCONUT FIBER CORD AND PANDANUS STRIP WRAPPING COVERS A LAYER OF GREEN FEATHERS.
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
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 66A00050
label: USNM Number
content: E4404-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Spear
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 162 cm
label: Unknown - Object
content: 91 cm