Speargun
date: label: Accession Date
content: 30 Mar 1994
label: Collection Date
content: February, 1987
name: label: Collector
content: Kempis Mad
label: Donor Name
content: Smithsonian Women's Committee
notes: label: Notes
content: "GUN STYLE", IN THE SHAPE OF A RIFLE. IRON ALLOY SPEARPOINT WITH HINGED BARB RESTS IN A 20 CM. LENGTH OF COPPER TUBE WHICH IS SECURED TO THE WOODEN SHAFT OF THE SPEARGUN WITH NYLON LINE. SPEARPOINT IS HELD IN PLACE BY A METAL RELEASE MECHANISM. A LENGTH OF RUBBER TUBING WITH METAL LOOP AT ONE END FUNCTIONS AS A SPRING. WHEN TUBING IS PULLED TIGHT, ATTACHED TO PRONG ON POINT SHAFT, AND RELEASE LEVER IS DEPRESSED, TENSION ON SPEAR POINT CAUSES IT TO BE RELEASED.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 2 Dec 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Koror Island, Palau, Micronesia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Palauan
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 390857
label: USNM Number
content: E426282-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Speargun
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 135.2 cm