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: "TWO PRONGED FORESHAFTS WITH OPEN BARBS FACING EACH OTHER. THESE PRONGS ARE TAPERED AT THE BASE AND BOUND WITH CORD AND CEMENT TO THE LIGHT WOOD SHAFT. THE MORE MODERN TYPE OF FISH SPEAR CONSISTS OF 4 PRONGED FENCING WIRE SHARPENED TO A NEEDLE POINT. STINGRAY BARBS WERE HIGHLY PRIZED IN THE DAYS BEFORE METAL. ALL PAINTED. ONE SHAFT BROKEN."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 30 Jul 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Groote Eylandt / Umbakumba, 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: E387436-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Fish Spear
physicalDescription: label: Minimum Length - Object
content: 252.7 cm
label: Maximum Length - Object
content: 298.4 cm