Donor Name:

United States Exploring Expedition  Search this

Length - Object:

313 cm

Culture:

Niuean  Search this

Object Type:

Spear

Place:

Niue, Polynesia

Accession Date:

1858

Collection Date:

1838 to 1842

Notes:

LONG SPEAR WITH CARVED BARBED POINT OF A HARDER WOOD WHICH IS INSET INTO THE SHAFT AND HAFTED BY MEANS OF COCONUT FIBER CORD. ORANGE AND GREEN FEATHERS ARE VISIBLE BENEATH THE COCONUT FIBER WRAPPING. THERE IS A NAIL EMBEDDED IN THE BARBED PORTION OF THE SPEAR. HAS ORIGINAL PEALE TAG. THIS OBJECT HAD BEEN CATALOGUED AS FIJIAN, BUT IDENTIFIED BY MARTHA COOPER IN 1967 AS NIUE.

FROM CARD: "5058-68. LOCALITY RE-IDENTIFIED AS NIUE (WAS: FIJI), MISS MARTHA COOPER--8/28/67."

Record Last Modified:

8 Nov 2019

Specimen Count:

1

Topic:

Ethnology  Search this

Accession Number:

66A00050

USNM Number:

E5062-0

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Data Source:

NMNH - Anthropology Dept.

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3cd22a38c-fa50-4de1-87b0-a0599514142e

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmnhanthropology_8467951