Spear
date: label: Accession Date
content: 24 Oct 1921
name: label: Collector
content: Mr. Herbert Ward
label: Donor Name
content: Mrs. Sarita S. Ward
notes: label: Notes
content: This object is a spear. It is probably misnumbered. It is marked with the catalog number, but the card for this number indicates that it is supposed to be 2 knives. The knives are both accounted for, so this item doesn't seem to belong with this catalog number.
label: Notes
content: From card: "Dumboland acc. to Ward Cat. *Luba (A) Well made blades, pointed and two-edged ornamented with incisions and feeble ridges. The handles are quite elaborate bing of wood, decorated with twisted and plain iron wire and copper and brass studs. The hilt is sheathed in copper and iron. Cleaned, see Restoration Slip 7-29-64 (A) *Refs.: 1) Sim. to knife shown in Luba exhibit at Musée de l'Afrique Centrale, Tervuren, Belgium. Their photo 66707. 2) Sim. to knife illus. in Colle, "Les Luba", T. 2, pl. IX-6."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 9 Apr 2021
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Democratic Republic of the Congo, Africa
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Luba
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 067312
label: USNM Number
content: E322715-2
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Spear