Shell wrist armor
date: label: Accession Date
content: 28 Mar 2008
label: Collection Date
content: 1961
name: label: Collector
content: Rev. Jan C. Walker
label: Donor Name
content: Rev. Jan C. Walker
notes: label: Notes
content: Large shell, with narrow end and interior cut out to form a tube shape. Natural ivory color. According to the donor, this was "used in hand to hand combat to ward off spear thrusts".
label: Record Last Modified
content: 2 Dec 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Yap Island, Yap State, Federated States of Micronesia, Micronesia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Micronesian
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 2044795
label: USNM Number
content: E433025-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Wrist Guard
physicalDescription: label: Height
content: 9 cm
label: Length
content: 14 cm
label: Width
content: 9.5 cm