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Object Number
00-8-70/55386
Display Title
Palm wood lance head
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Projectile point, carved wood, barbed point, peaked center line, pegged end
Classification
- Projectile Point
Department
Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
New Zealand
/
<State>
/
Niue
Additional Geographic Terms
Cook Islands
Materials
Wood, Pigment
Dimensions
Overall: 70.6 x 2.7 x 1 cm (27 13/16 x 1 1/16 x 3/8 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
55386
Provenance
Collector
U.S. Fish Commission Ship Albatross Expedition
(1899-1900)
Collector
Alexander Agassiz
(1899-1900)
Collector
Dr. William McMichael Woodworth
(1899-1900)
Donor
Donated by
Alexander Agassiz
(1900)
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