Leilira Blade Wrapped
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1958
label: Collection Date
content: Jul 1948
name: label: Collector
content: Frederick D. McCarthy
label: Collector
content: Frank M. Setzler
label: Donor Name
content: American-Australian Scientific Expedition to Arnhem Land
notes: label: Notes
content: SIZE: 8 1/8" LONG. QUARTZITE FLAKE WRAPPED IN ORIGINAL PAPER BARK WITH RESIN GUM AT BASE, SHOWING METHOD USED IN PROTECTING AND TRADING THESE LONG BLADES. FROM ELCHO ISLAND, ADJOINING MILINGIMBI ISLAND. (SRJONES 11/96)
label: Record Last Modified
content: 25 Jun 2024
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Elcho Island (Galiwin'ku), Arnhem Land / Wessel Islands, Northern Territory, Australia
topic: label: Topic
content: Archaeology
culture: label: Culture
content: Aboriginal Australian
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 215944
label: USNM Number
content: A419658-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Blade
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 20.65 cm