Spear
38572
From: New Mexico | Santa Fe (New Mexico)
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 38572 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Pueblo |
| Provenience | New Mexico | Santa Fe (New Mexico) |
| Culture Area | Southwest Culture Area |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Wood | Metal | Skin (uncertain) |
| Description | Long, wooden shaft with a long, metal point. The point has minor chipping along the cutting edges. Buckskin is wrapped around the middle of the spear shaft and folded over itself. One edge of the buckskin is scalloped. Hide tassels hang from the wrapping. A long strip of buckskin is wrapped around the hafting to secure the point. The lower portion of the hafting is cut into long tassels and dyed red. |
| Length | 197 cm |
| Credit Line | Wanamaker Expedition to the Southwest, R. Stewart Culin, 1901 |
| Other Number | 324 - Field No SF |
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