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: "MOTODUA," PLAIN, UNBARBED JAVELIN. THERE IS A CARVED POINT APPROXIMATELY A QUARTER THE LENGTH OF THE SPEAR, AND THE APPROXIMATELY TWO THIRDS OF THE PIKE IS WRAPPED IN TWISTED AND BRAIDED COCONUT FIBER CORD IN VARYING SHADES. THIS SPEAR HAD BEEN CATALOGUED AS T-16329, BUT ITS ACTUAL CATALOGUE NUMBER WAS FOUND BENEATH SOME CORD WRAPPING.
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
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 66A00050
label: USNM Number
content: E5014-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Spear
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 426 cm