Spearhead

Museum number:
11-1169
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21110001169
Alternate number:
15 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.177
Description:
Obsidian spearhead—Mataa Muta Kuku.
Donor:
Charles Atwood Kofoid, D. L. Spencer, Miss Faurote, and William A. Setchell
Collection place:
Easter Island (Chile), Polynesia
Verbatim coll. place:
Easter Island. Albatross Expedition, through the courtesy of Prof. Alexander Agassiz and Gov. John T. Cooper, the representative of the Chilean government.
Culture or time period:
Rapa Nui
Collector:
Charles Atwood Kofoid
Collection date:
1905
Materials:
Obsidian
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Spearheads (projectile points) and Spearheads (staff weapon components)
Function:
1.7 Fighting, Warfare, and Social Control
Accession date:
1905
Department:
Oceania
Loans:
S1958-1959 #4: Winfield Scott Wellington (April 3, 1959–unknown) and S1983-1984 #53a: University of Southern California (May 18, 1984–December 3, 1984)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 8 titled Spearhead, accession number 11-1169, described as Obsidian spearhead—Mataa Muta Kuku.Hearst Museum object 2 of 8 titled Spearhead, accession number 11-1169, described as Obsidian spearhead—Mataa Muta Kuku.Hearst Museum object 3 of 8 titled Spearhead, accession number 11-1169, described as Obsidian spearhead—Mataa Muta Kuku.Hearst Museum object 4 of 8 titled Spearhead, accession number 11-1169, described as Obsidian spearhead—Mataa Muta Kuku.Hearst Museum object 5 of 8 titled Spearhead, accession number 11-1169, described as Obsidian spearhead—Mataa Muta Kuku.Hearst Museum object 6 of 8 titled Spearhead, accession number 11-1169, described as Obsidian spearhead—Mataa Muta Kuku.Hearst Museum object 7 of 8 titled Spearhead, accession number 11-1169, described as Obsidian spearhead—Mataa Muta Kuku.Hearst Museum object 8 of 8 titled Spearhead, accession number 11-1169, described as Obsidian spearhead—Mataa Muta Kuku.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Spearhead, accession number 11-1169, described as Obsidian spearhead—Mataa Muta Kuku.

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