Spearhead

Museum number:
11-1160
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
6 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.177
Description:
Obsidian spearhead mounted on rib of palm leaf with string of nature manufacture, showing method of attachment and tightening by wedges= not used on stick, palms introduced about 1900. A copy of archaeological specimens--edge is wrong. Called Mata’n Hai-haerve.
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:
ethnography
Object class:
Spearheads (projectile points) and Spearheads (staff weapon components)
Function:
1.7 Fighting, Warfare, and Social Control
Accession date:
1905
Department:
Oceania
Loans:
S1983-1984 #53a: University of Southern California (May 18, 1984–December 3, 1984)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 29 titled Spearhead, accession number 11-1160, described as Obsidian spearhead mounted on rib of palm leaf with string of nature manufacture, showing method of attachment and tightening by wedges= not used on stick, palms introduced about 1900. A copy of archaeological specimens--edge is wrong. Called Mata’n Hai-haerve.Hearst Museum object 2 of 29 titled Spearhead, accession number 11-1160, described as Obsidian spearhead mounted on rib of palm leaf with string of nature manufacture, showing method of attachment and tightening by wedges= not used on stick, palms introduced about 1900. A copy of archaeological specimens--edge is wrong. Called Mata’n Hai-haerve.Hearst Museum object 3 of 29 titled Spearhead, accession number 11-1160, described as Obsidian spearhead mounted on rib of palm leaf with string of nature manufacture, showing method of attachment and tightening by wedges= not used on stick, palms introduced about 1900. A copy of archaeological specimens--edge is wrong. Called Mata’n Hai-haerve.Hearst Museum object 4 of 29 titled Spearhead, accession number 11-1160, described as Obsidian spearhead mounted on rib of palm leaf with string of nature manufacture, showing method of attachment and tightening by wedges= not used on stick, palms introduced about 1900. A copy of archaeological specimens--edge is wrong. Called Mata’n Hai-haerve.Hearst Museum object 5 of 29 titled Spearhead, accession number 11-1160, described as Obsidian spearhead mounted on rib of palm leaf with string of nature manufacture, showing method of attachment and tightening by wedges= not used on stick, palms introduced about 1900. A copy of archaeological specimens--edge is wrong. Called Mata’n Hai-haerve.Hearst Museum object 6 of 29 titled Spearhead, accession number 11-1160, described as Obsidian spearhead mounted on rib of palm leaf with string of nature manufacture, showing method of attachment and tightening by wedges= not used on stick, palms introduced about 1900. A copy of archaeological specimens--edge is wrong. Called Mata’n Hai-haerve.Hearst Museum object 7 of 29 titled Spearhead, accession number 11-1160, described as Obsidian spearhead mounted on rib of palm leaf with string of nature manufacture, showing method of attachment and tightening by wedges= not used on stick, palms introduced about 1900. A copy of archaeological specimens--edge is wrong. Called Mata’n Hai-haerve.Hearst Museum object 8 of 29 titled Spearhead, accession number 11-1160, described as Obsidian spearhead mounted on rib of palm leaf with string of nature manufacture, showing method of attachment and tightening by wedges= not used on stick, palms introduced about 1900. A copy of archaeological specimens--edge is wrong. Called Mata’n Hai-haerve.Hearst Museum object 9 of 29 titled Spearhead, accession number 11-1160, described as Obsidian spearhead mounted on rib of palm leaf with string of nature manufacture, showing method of attachment and tightening by wedges= not used on stick, palms introduced about 1900. A copy of archaeological specimens--edge is wrong. Called Mata’n Hai-haerve.Hearst Museum object 10 of 29 titled Spearhead, accession number 11-1160, described as Obsidian spearhead mounted on rib of palm leaf with string of nature manufacture, showing method of attachment and tightening by wedges= not used on stick, palms introduced about 1900. A copy of archaeological specimens--edge is wrong. Called Mata’n Hai-haerve.Hearst Museum object 11 of 29 titled Spearhead, accession number 11-1160, described as Obsidian spearhead mounted on rib of palm leaf with string of nature manufacture, showing method of attachment and tightening by wedges= not used on stick, palms introduced about 1900. A copy of archaeological specimens--edge is wrong. Called Mata’n Hai-haerve.Hearst Museum object 12 of 29 titled Spearhead, accession number 11-1160, described as Obsidian spearhead mounted on rib of palm leaf with string of nature manufacture, showing method of attachment and tightening by wedges= not used on stick, palms introduced about 1900. A copy of archaeological specimens--edge is wrong. Called Mata’n Hai-haerve.Hearst Museum object 13 of 29 titled Spearhead, accession number 11-1160, described as Obsidian spearhead mounted on rib of palm leaf with string of nature manufacture, showing method of attachment and tightening by wedges= not used on stick, palms introduced about 1900. A copy of archaeological specimens--edge is wrong. Called Mata’n Hai-haerve.Hearst Museum object 14 of 29 titled Spearhead, accession number 11-1160, described as Obsidian spearhead mounted on rib of palm leaf with string of nature manufacture, showing method of attachment and tightening by wedges= not used on stick, palms introduced about 1900. A copy of archaeological specimens--edge is wrong. Called Mata’n Hai-haerve.Hearst Museum object 15 of 29 titled Spearhead, accession number 11-1160, described as Obsidian spearhead mounted on rib of palm leaf with string of nature manufacture, showing method of attachment and tightening by wedges= not used on stick, palms introduced about 1900. A copy of archaeological specimens--edge is wrong. Called Mata’n Hai-haerve.Hearst Museum object 16 of 29 titled Spearhead, accession number 11-1160, described as Obsidian spearhead mounted on rib of palm leaf with string of nature manufacture, showing method of attachment and tightening by wedges= not used on stick, palms introduced about 1900. A copy of archaeological specimens--edge is wrong. Called Mata’n Hai-haerve.Hearst Museum object 17 of 29 titled Spearhead, accession number 11-1160, described as Obsidian spearhead mounted on rib of palm leaf with string of nature manufacture, showing method of attachment and tightening by wedges= not used on stick, palms introduced about 1900. A copy of archaeological specimens--edge is wrong. Called Mata’n Hai-haerve.Hearst Museum object 18 of 29 titled Spearhead, accession number 11-1160, described as Obsidian spearhead mounted on rib of palm leaf with string of nature manufacture, showing method of attachment and tightening by wedges= not used on stick, palms introduced about 1900. A copy of archaeological specimens--edge is wrong. Called Mata’n Hai-haerve.Hearst Museum object 19 of 29 titled Spearhead, accession number 11-1160, described as Obsidian spearhead mounted on rib of palm leaf with string of nature manufacture, showing method of attachment and tightening by wedges= not used on stick, palms introduced about 1900. A copy of archaeological specimens--edge is wrong. Called Mata’n Hai-haerve.Hearst Museum object 20 of 29 titled Spearhead, accession number 11-1160, described as Obsidian spearhead mounted on rib of palm leaf with string of nature manufacture, showing method of attachment and tightening by wedges= not used on stick, palms introduced about 1900. A copy of archaeological specimens--edge is wrong. Called Mata’n Hai-haerve.Hearst Museum object 21 of 29 titled Spearhead, accession number 11-1160, described as Obsidian spearhead mounted on rib of palm leaf with string of nature manufacture, showing method of attachment and tightening by wedges= not used on stick, palms introduced about 1900. A copy of archaeological specimens--edge is wrong. Called Mata’n Hai-haerve.Hearst Museum object 22 of 29 titled Spearhead, accession number 11-1160, described as Obsidian spearhead mounted on rib of palm leaf with string of nature manufacture, showing method of attachment and tightening by wedges= not used on stick, palms introduced about 1900. A copy of archaeological specimens--edge is wrong. Called Mata’n Hai-haerve.Hearst Museum object 23 of 29 titled Spearhead, accession number 11-1160, described as Obsidian spearhead mounted on rib of palm leaf with string of nature manufacture, showing method of attachment and tightening by wedges= not used on stick, palms introduced about 1900. A copy of archaeological specimens--edge is wrong. Called Mata’n Hai-haerve.Hearst Museum object 24 of 29 titled Spearhead, accession number 11-1160, described as Obsidian spearhead mounted on rib of palm leaf with string of nature manufacture, showing method of attachment and tightening by wedges= not used on stick, palms introduced about 1900. A copy of archaeological specimens--edge is wrong. Called Mata’n Hai-haerve.Hearst Museum object 25 of 29 titled Spearhead, accession number 11-1160, described as Obsidian spearhead mounted on rib of palm leaf with string of nature manufacture, showing method of attachment and tightening by wedges= not used on stick, palms introduced about 1900. A copy of archaeological specimens--edge is wrong. Called Mata’n Hai-haerve.Hearst Museum object 26 of 29 titled Spearhead, accession number 11-1160, described as Obsidian spearhead mounted on rib of palm leaf with string of nature manufacture, showing method of attachment and tightening by wedges= not used on stick, palms introduced about 1900. A copy of archaeological specimens--edge is wrong. Called Mata’n Hai-haerve.Hearst Museum object 27 of 29 titled Spearhead, accession number 11-1160, described as Obsidian spearhead mounted on rib of palm leaf with string of nature manufacture, showing method of attachment and tightening by wedges= not used on stick, palms introduced about 1900. A copy of archaeological specimens--edge is wrong. Called Mata’n Hai-haerve.Hearst Museum object 28 of 29 titled Spearhead, accession number 11-1160, described as Obsidian spearhead mounted on rib of palm leaf with string of nature manufacture, showing method of attachment and tightening by wedges= not used on stick, palms introduced about 1900. A copy of archaeological specimens--edge is wrong. Called Mata’n Hai-haerve.Hearst Museum object 29 of 29 titled Spearhead, accession number 11-1160, described as Obsidian spearhead mounted on rib of palm leaf with string of nature manufacture, showing method of attachment and tightening by wedges= not used on stick, palms introduced about 1900. A copy of archaeological specimens--edge is wrong. Called Mata’n Hai-haerve.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Spearhead, accession number 11-1160, described as Obsidian spearhead mounted on rib of palm leaf with string of nature manufacture, showing method of attachment and tightening by wedges= not used on stick, palms introduced about 1900. A copy of archaeological specimens--edge is wrong. Called Mata’n Hai-haerve.

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