Spear
date: label: Accession Date
content: 28 Apr 1994
label: Collection Date
content: 1970's
name: label: Collector
content: George C. McGhee
label: Donor Name
content: George C. McGhee
notes: label: Notes
content: DARKENED HEAVY WOOD SPEAR AND SPEAR POINT BOTH CARVED FROM ONE PIECE OF WOOD; SHAFT IS DECORATED WITH CASSOWARY BIRD FEATHERS WHICH ARE BOUND BY WRAPPING CELLULOSE FIBER AROUND THE SHAFT; SPEAR POINT IS 71 CM LONG.NOTE: BLACK AND WHITE LABEL SAYS "KANGANAMAN" - COULD BE VILLAGE ORIGIN?DAMAGE: CASSOWARY FEATHERS ARE VERY FRAGILE; MANY ARE MISSING.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 2 Dec 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Sepik River, New Guinea / East Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea, Melanesia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 390923
label: USNM Number
content: E426956-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Spear
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 263 cm