Spear
date: label: Accession Date
content: 20 Jan 1987
label: Collection Date
content: 1971 to 1974
name: label: Collector
content: Mrs. Virginia Bavendam
label: Donor Name
content: Mrs. Virginia Bavendam
notes: label: Notes
content: LONG THIN SPEAR; 54.5CM OF SHAFT ARE FLATTENED TERMINATING IN FAN-SHAPED BUTT, WHILE REMAINDER OF SHAFT TERMINATING IN WILLOW-LEAF SPEARHEAD IS CYLINDRICAL. BOTH HAVE INCISED AND HAMMERED GEOMETRIC DESIGNS. "USED IN HUNTING GAZELLE AND SMALL GAME" - COLLECTOR. CALLED "ALLAGH" - FRANCIS RENNEL RODD, PEOPLE OF THE VEIL, MACMILLAN & CO., LONDON, 1926.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 31 Jul 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Algeria / Niger, Africa
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Tuareg
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 356946
label: USNM Number
content: E423855-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Spear
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 176.5 cm