Dugong Or Turtle Spear Shaft
date: label: Accession Date
content: 2 May 1949
name: label: Donor Name
content: American-Australian Scientific Expedition to Arnhem Land
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "THESE LONG SHAFTS, CUT AND TRIMMED FROM A SINGLE SAPLING IS THROWN AS A JAVELIN AND NOT WITH A SPEAR THROWER. IT TAPERS FROM 1.5 IN. TO A THIN END. THE FOREPART HAS A DRILLED HOLE FOR THE INSERTION OF A HARPOON. WHERE USED FOR HARPOONING A DUGONG THEY USE A BARBED FORESHAFT. WHEN USED FOR TURTLES THEY USED AN UNBARBED FORESHAFT. THIS SHAFT HAS BEEN CUT ON A LEVEL FOR REASSEMBLING."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 30 Jul 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 2
place: label: Place
content: Groote Eylandt / Umbakumba, Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, Australia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 178294
label: USNM Number
content: E387437-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Spear
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 437 cm