Spearhead (Assagai)
date: label: Accession Date
content: 11 Aug 1900
name: label: Collector
content: Richard L. Garner
label: Donor Name
content: Richard L. Garner
notes: label: Notes
content: From card: "Native work of iron, the neck of the blade incised and barbed on the edges. The fluted handle is said to grow so and the wood is called by the other tribes reriyanga. Used in war and hunting. Garner: "Head of spear from the Pfan or Mpangue or Pahonins. Native work and metal. The fluted section of wood grows so and is called by the other tribes "ireriijanga" --pronounced with continental values. The weapon is used in war and hunting.""
label: Record Last Modified
content: 5 Mar 2021
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Gabon River, Gabon, Africa
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Fang
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 036893
label: USNM Number
content: E206106-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Spearhead
physicalDescription: label: Length
content: 24.1 cm