War Spear
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1858
label: Collection Date
content: 1838 to 1842
name: label: Collector
content: United States Exploring Expedition
label: Donor Name
content: United States Exploring Expedition
notes: label: Notes
content: Jane Walsh had identified Catalogue No. E4695 as Peale # 2309, and noted the following information about it: "EXCHANGED WITH HARVARD / LOCATED. "SAISAI," MULTI-PRONGED, HARDWOOD, FIGHTING SPEAR COMPOSED OF A SHAFT AND FOUR PRONGS LASHED ON BY MEANS OF COCONUT FIBER CORD. THIS OBJECT WAS EXCHANGED WITH HARVARD IN 1867 AND WAS LOCATED IN HARVARD PEABODY MUSEUM IN 1983. IT APPARENTLY WAS RECEIVED THROUGH THE PEABOBY ACADEMY OF SCIENCES IN 1869. THE HARVARD CATALOGUE NUMBER IS (69-9-70) 1195." However, a spear has been located in the Anthropology collections with Catalogue No. 4695 on it (number appears to be refreshed), and it is also marked, in old museum staff handwriting, "Ex Ex Fejee Is". No Peale number is visible on this spear and it is unclear what its Peale number would be. It is a "Sokilaki" type, a multi-barbed, hardwood fighting spear carved from a single piece of wood. Beneath the rows of barbs is a wrapping of braided (presumably coconut) fiber cord.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 1 Jul 2015
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Fiji, Melanesia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Fijian
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 66A00050
label: USNM Number
content: E4695-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Spear