Spear
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1858
label: Collection Date
content: 1838 to 1842
name: label: Collector
content: Lt. Robert E. Johnson
label: Donor Name
content: United States Exploring Expedition
notes: label: Notes
content: COMBINATION HARDWOOD CLUB, IN THE FORM OF A NARROW BAT, AND SPEAR, AT THE OPPOSITE END. THE CLUB IS ROUNDED AND THICK AT ONE END AND NARROWS TO A POINT WITH SEVEN SUCCESSIVE RINGS OF BARBS BENEATH THE POINT. MARKS> WRITTEN ON SHAFT, "BY R.E. JOHNSON NO. 8 EX EX VINCENNES." EXHIBITED MAGNIFICENT VOYAGERS, NATIONAL MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY, 1985-86.
label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "WOODEN. SHAFT SLOPES EVENLY FROM THICK BUTT (1-1/4" DIAM.) TO POINT, BUT A 12" LONG SECTION NEAR THE POINT CONTAINS SEVEN RINGS OF BARBS (5 BARBS IN EACH RING) CARVED OUT OF THE SOLID."
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: E2847-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Spear
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 108 cm