Wooden Dagger (Pahoa) Copy
date: label: Accession Date
content: 18 Nov 1963
name: label: Donor Name
content: U.S. National Museum, Museum of Natural History
notes: label: Notes
content: A replica of a wooden dagger that is at the Canterbury Museum in Christchurch, New Zealand. The replica was made at the SI Exhibits Lab in 1963 specifically for an exhibit on Pacific warfare.
label: Notes
content: From card: "This copy made from specimen No. 307, of the [William Ockleford] Oldman collection, in the Caterbury Museum, Christchurch New Zealand, who loaned original for ths purpose. Refer to: Polynesian Society Memoirs, V. 15, p. 73 (No. 307) and plate 129. Carved from single piece of wood, oval cross-sectioned, double-edged blade part 35 cm. L, and the roughly round handle part 22 cm L with a small hole through it sideways. Stained black."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 16 Aug 2024
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Hawaii (Hawaiʻi), United States, Polynesia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 248743
label: USNM Number
content: E401979-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Dagger