Spear
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1 Dec 1989
label: Collection Date
content: Jul 1967 to Aug 1967
name: label: Collector
content: Dr. Barry Alpher
label: Donor Name
content: Dr. Barry Alpher
notes: label: Notes
content: Barbed wooden wallaby spear of type formerly used in warfare. Barb consists of a 27 cm long, pointed metal wire wound with resin-covered vegetable fiber onto end of spear shaft. Butt end and section of staff near butt end are wound with resin-covered vegetable fiber. Made by Jack Bruno.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 2 Dec 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Kowanyama, Cape York Peninsula, Queensland, Australia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Yir Yoront (Jirjoront)
label: Culture
content: Aboriginal Australian
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 378672
label: USNM Number
content: E424808-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Spear
physicalDescription: label: Length
content: 284 cm
label: Diameter
content: 1.7 cm