Metal Bladed Spear
date: label: Accession Date
content: 2 May 1949
name: label: Donor Name
content: American-Australian Scientific Expedition to Arnhem Land
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "THESE WERE OBTAINED AS A RESULT OF A FIGHT, FROM NATIVES LIVING AT THE C.M.S. MISSION ALONG THE ANGOROKO RIVER ON GROOTE EYLANDT. THE METAL BLADE IS POUNDED AND SHARPENED FROM A VARIETY OF DISCARDED METAL OBJECTS. THESE ARE THE PREFERRED TYPE OF FIGHTING SPEARS NOW USED BY THE NATIVES AND INFLICT SERIOUS WOUNDS. TWO ARE PAINTED. THE SHAFT IS OF LIGHT WOOD THE METAL BLADED FORESHAFT MEASURE LENGTH 8.5 IN. - 15 IN.."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 23 Mar 2016
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Groote Eylandt / Umbakumba, Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, Australia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 178294
label: USNM Number
content: E387435-5
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Spear
physicalDescription: label: Minimum Length - Object
content: 209.6 cm
label: Maximum Length - Object
content: 246 cm