Accession No
1917.79
Description
Spear with taper head, inlaid with pearl shell and barbed with bone
Place
Oceania; Melanesia; Solomon Islands
Period
Source
Martin, John Harington (Lieutenant, R.N.) [collector]; Martin collection; Martin, Caroline (Miss) [donor]
Department
Anth
Reference Numbers
1917.79; MAA: AR 1917.79
Cultural Affliation
Material
Wood; Shell; Bone
Local Term
Measurements
Events
Context (Amendments / updates)
Register notes for 1917.74-85 'Collected by Lieut.t Harrington [sic] Martin, R.N., 1873/ Given by his sister Miss Caroline Martin'. The term 'late' has been added in pencil to the collector's name for the subsequent page of material from 1917.79- 87.
Lieut. John Harington Martin, R.N., served on H.M.S. Dido on the Australia Station 1872- 1875. His name has been variously written and mis-transcribed as Marten and Harrington.
Event Date 8/10/2020
Author: rachel hand
Description (Physical description)
Register notes 'Spear with taper head, inlaid with pearl shell and barbed with bone.'
Event Date 8/10/2020
Author: rachel hand
FM:287994
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