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 (PROBABLY BLACK PALM) SPEAR WITH 8 CARVED SUCCESSIVE POINTSINCREASING IN SIZE FROM THE TIP OF SPEAR DOWNWARD; SPEAR TIP IS LASHED ON TO THESHAFT BY BASKETRY WEAVING AND WRAPPING OF CELLULOSE FIBERS.NOTE: SPEAR TIP IS LOOSE, AS BASKETRY WRAPPING IS NOT LONGER TIGHT; CELLULOSE WRAPPING MATERIAL IS DRY AND BRITTLE. BLACK AND WHITE TAPE LABEL READS "JOSE PHSTAAL"CARDBOARD SQUARE ATTACHED WITH THE NUMBER 23E
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: E426954-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Spear
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 320 cm