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: LIGHT TAN CARVED WOOD WITH SLENDER CROCODILE HEAD AND NECK ON ONE END WITH INSET COWRIE SHELL EYES; CARVED "SPEAR POINT" ON THE OTHER END WITH CARVED FACE WITH INSET COWRIE SHELL EYES; 5 SETS OF SPEAR POINTS GOING UP THE PIECE; INCISED CURVILINEAR SHAPES ON PIECE. NOTE: APPRAISAL SHEETS LISTS THIS AS "CEREMONICAL PADDLE", MORE PROBABLY A "CEREMONIAL SPEAR" (CATHERINE RHODES, CATALOGUER, 1996).
label: Record Last Modified
content: 2 Dec 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: 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: E427141-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Spear
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 160 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 8 cm
label: Depth - Object
content: 3.5 cm