LONG SHAFT OF SPEAR, CARVED, BARBED POINT OF HARDER WOOD, WRAPPING OF COCONUT FIBER CORD AT INSET POINT. ORANGE AND GREEN FEATHERS ARE VISIBLE BENEATH THE FIBER WRAPPING. THERE IS SOME INCISING ALONG THE SHAFT. HAS ORIGINAL PEALE TAG; ALSO "12-5" READ UNDER INFRARED LIGHT. THIS OBJECT HAD BEEN CATALOGUED AS FIJIAN, BUT IDENTIFIED BY MARTHA COOPER IN 1967 AS NIUE. THERE ARE TWO SPEARS WITH THIS NUMBER - ONE WITH VERY LOOSE POINT, AND ONE WHERE POINT AND SHAFT ARE SEPARATE.
FROM CARD: "5058-68. LOCALITY RE-IDENTIFIED AS NIUE (WAS: FIJI), MISS MARTHA COOPER--8/28/67."
