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: "GADREGADRE," MULTI-BARBED, HARDWOOD FIGHTING SPEAR WITH LONG AND HEAVY BARBS. THE BARBS ARE CARVED FROM THE SHAFT, EACH SPEAR CONSISTS OF A SINGLE PIECE OF WOOD. BENEATH THE BARBS IS A WRAPPING OF BLACK AND BROWN COCONUT FIBER CORD OVER BARK CLOTH. THERE ARE ALSO SOME BRAIDS OF COCONUT FIBER WRAPPED AROUND THE BARBS. HAS ORIGINAL PEALE TAG.
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: E2922-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Spear
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 344 cm