War Spear
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1858
label: Collection Date
content: 1838 to 1842
name: label: Collector
content: United States Exploring Expedition
label: Donor Name
content: United States Exploring Expedition
notes: label: Notes
content: "TIKAU," FIGHTING SPEAR CHARACTERIZED BY THE SERIES OF FINELY CARVED CONES BEHIND THE POINT, EACH BACKED BY A SINGLE CIRCLET OF ROUNDED, BUD-LIKE BARBS. THE SHAFT, AND INTERVALS BETWEEN THE CONES ARE WRAPPED WITH COCONUT FIBER CORD AND IN SOME AREAS GREEN FEATHERS ARE VISIBLE BENEATH THE CORD. EXHIBITED MAGNIFICENT VOYAGERS, NATIONAL MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY, 1985-86.
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: E4408-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Spear
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 298 cm