FMNH 273544.nosub[1]

  • 273544 tao, wood spear
    Photographer: John G. Maniatis
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    Description: reference image in mount
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    Scanner: Allison Coates : Field Museum of Natural History - Anthropology
    Transcriber: Julia W. Kennedy : Field Museum of Natural History - Anthropology Collections
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    Description: scan of catalog card [FRONT] [MAIN BODY] Chicago Natural History Museum - Ethnology | Catalogue No. 273544 | ENT | Accession No. 2616 | Field Catalogue No. FC-2069 | Negative No. | Sub. Ind. No 51-24 | General Provenience: Polynesia New Zealand | Where collected: | Where made: | Attribution: | Tribe: | People: Maori | Culture: | Brief description: Spear (Tao) | Detailed description: Heavy spear of dark brown wood with a good polish. Ends are bluntly pointed. A brass sleeve occurs at the center of the shaft, perhaps to join two portions separated for shipment. Very rare type of spear. | See reverse x | Dimensions (in cm.): Length: 188.3 Width: Height: Circumfrence: Diameter: 3.0* *metal sleeve | Fuller Collection: Purchased from Captain A.W.F. Fuller of London, England, in 1958. Initially collected by Lt. Col. Alexander Grubb R.A. who took part in the New Zealand War of 1863-66. Acquired | over [BACK] by Fuller on June 13, 1933. | An old handwritten label (torn) is affixed and reads: "New Zealand Wooden Spear Points are ? Brought from there in 1855" | 273544
Catalog Number: 273544.nosub[1]
Description: spear
Materials: wood, metal
Cultural Attribution: Māori
Accession Number: [2616] A. W. F. Fuller (Purchase)
Accession Year: 1958
Other Numbers: FC 2069
Collector/Source: Captain Alfred W. F. Fuller, Captain Alfred W. F. Fuller
EMu IRN: 1182241
GUID: 49e12a99-7b2f-48de-ae47-e8f7511a0f23

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