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: DARKENED HEAVY WOOD SPEAR ELABORATELY CARVED WITH 14 SETS OF DOUBLE POINTS A TOP A CARVED FACE; (CARVED FACE IS ON BOTH SIDES OF SHAFT); THERE ARE SIX HOLES ALONGSIDE THE SIDE OF THE FACE, THREE ON EITHER SIDE WITH CELLULOSE FIBERS TIED THROUGH THEM; ABOVE THE HEAD IS A RING OF CASSOWARY FEATHERS LASHED ON TO SHAFT BY CELLULOSE FIBERS; THE BOTTOM IS SLENDER AND COULD HAVE HAD A POINT AT THE ENDAT ONE TIME; THERE IS SOME CURVILINEAR CARVING WITH SIX TRIANGULAR HOLES, TWO OFWHICH HAVE PIECES OF CELLULOSE FIBERS IN THEM; ENTIRE PIECE IS CARVED FROM ONE PIECE OF WOOD. NOTE: BLACK AND WHITE TAPE LABEL SAYS "CHAMBRI" - POSSIBLE ORIGIN OF PIECE. DAMAGE: TWO POINTS ARE MISSING; ONE POINT IS BROKEN WHERE IT ATTACHES TO THE SHAFT AND IS ABOUT TO FALL OFF.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 2 Dec 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Sepik River, New Guinea / East Sepik Province, 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: E426960-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Spear
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 235 cm