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Oct 2023." } ], "loan": { "value": "N" }, "access": { "conditions": "Human Remains" }, "projects": [ "OceaniaReview" ], "subjects": [ { "@link": { "role": [ { "value": "theme" } ], "attribution": { "date": [ { "earliest": 2013, "value": "2013-08-10", "latest": 2013, "primary": true } ], "attributor": "Shepherd, Rupert" }, "type": "reference" }, "summary_title": "War- and Peace-making", "admin": { "uid": "hmc-subject-325", "id": "subject-325", "uuid": "618f2ab9-bef2-32bb-9f4e-c60d6bf67b85" }, "sort": "01" } ], "admin": { "processed": 1745431432670, "sequence": 7503976, "uid": "hmc-object-141722", "added": 1663962017210, "stream": "collections-online", "id": "object-141722", "source": "hmc", "uuid": "bddfee11-04ee-342f-98d3-e2eac10dd8d5" }, "description": [ { "type": "catalogue description", "value": "Spear, bound with plant fibre and with barbs\/spikes of bone.\nSpear, shaft of black palm wood and head comprising several hundred barbs cut from human long bones. There were originally three large points at the head although only one now remains. The bone barbs are secured with an expensive and complicated lashing of coconut fiber cordage which is further decorated below the lowest barb with wrappings of vegetable fiber.", "primary": true }, { "historical": true, "type": "description", "value": "Spear, bound with plant fibre and with barbs\/spikes of bone." }, { "date": [ { "earliest": 2011, "value": "2011-10-12", "latest": 2011, "primary": true } ], "attribution": { "attributor": "Mills, Andy, Dr", "source": "oceania review" }, "type": "description", "value": "Spear, shaft of black palm wood and head comprising several hundred barbs cut from human long bones. There were originally three large points at the head although only one now remains. The bone barbs are secured with an expensive and complicated lashing of coconut fiber cordage which is further decorated below the lowest barb with wrappings of vegetable fiber." } ], "language": [ "eng" ], "collection": "Anthropology", "type": { "sub_type": [ "general" ], "scope": "WHOLE", "base": "object" }, "lifecycle": { "creation": [ { "date": [ { "source": "catalogue", "earliest": 1801, "value": "Late 19th century\/ early 20th century", "latest": 1900 }, { "role": [ { "value": "date made" } ], "attribution": { "date": [ { "earliest": 2023, "value": "2023-03-15", "latest": 2023, "primary": true } ], "attributor": "Byrne, Sarah" }, "earliest": 1801, "value": "Late 19th century\/ early 20th century", "latest": 2000 } ], "places": [ { "@link": { "role": [ { "value": "made or collected" } ], "type": "reference" }, "summary_title": "Northern New Hebrides", "admin": { "uid": "hmc-place-1512", "id": "place-1512", "uuid": "90214909-851b-33bb-8a05-dbacfd9c173d" }, "historical": true, "sort": "01" }, { "@link": { "source": "catalogue", "type": "literal" }, "summary_title": "Vanuatu, Oceanic Islands; Oceania", "name": [ { "value": "Vanuatu, Oceanic Islands; Oceania" } ] }, { "@link": { "role": [ { "value": "made or collected" } ], "attribution": { "date": [ { "earliest": 2011, "value": "2011-10-11", "latest": 2011, "primary": true } ], "attributor": "Mills, Andy, Dr", "source": "oceania review" }, "locale": "Esrpirto Santo", "type": "reference" }, "summary_title": "Vanuatu", "admin": { "uid": "hmc-place-337", "id": "place-337", "uuid": "a1bfc93f-feb3-3c0a-9e49-b30693a9c50c" }, "historical": true } ] } ] }, "physicalDescriptors": [ { "component": "overall", "terms": "wood", "descriptor": "material", "@reference": { "@link": { "role": [ { "value": "material" } ], "type": "reference" }, "summary_title": "wood", "admin": { "uid": "hmc-term-1015488", "id": "term-1015488", "uuid": "9374e5ef-ab0b-3b66-84bd-3f9728ed1f9a" } }, "type": "material" }, { "component": "overall", "terms": "plant fibre", "descriptor": "material", "@reference": { "@link": { "role": [ { "value": "material" } ], "type": "reference" }, "summary_title": "plant fibre", "admin": { "uid": "hmc-term-1015506", "id": "term-1015506", "uuid": "591f9657-262c-3542-a138-67d8b2d186a2" } }, "type": "material" }, { "component": "overall", "terms": "bone", "descriptor": "material", "@reference": { "@link": { "role": [ { "value": "material" } ], "type": "reference" }, "summary_title": "bone", "admin": { "uid": "hmc-term-1016286", "id": "term-1016286", "uuid": "f1aaed8f-ab96-3a44-bd0f-3f9598e0eb77" } }, "type": "material" }, { "component": "overall", "terms": "human bone", "descriptor": "material", "@reference": { "@link": { "role": [ { "value": "material" } ], "type": "reference" }, "summary_title": "human bone", "admin": { "uid": "hmc-term-1018213", "id": "term-1018213", "uuid": "61eaccd0-2612-3ee3-a7c4-310757025ed4" } }, "type": "material" } ], "materials": [ { "type": "catalogue materials", "value": "wood; plant fibre; human bone", "primary": true } ], "terms": [ { "@link": { "role": [ { "value": "object name" } ], "type": "reference" }, "summary_title": "spears (weapons: missiles & projectors)", "admin": { "uid": "hmc-term-502770", "id": "term-502770", "uuid": "83a55561-21de-37ad-92a3-5f427f4700ad" } } ], "summary_title": "spear (weapons: missiles & projectors)", "legal": { "access": "Human Remains", "status": "permanent collection" }, "name": [ { "type": "catalogue name", "value": "spear (weapons: missiles & projectors)", "primary": true }, { "@reference": { "@link": { "role": [ { "value": "object name" } ], "type": "reference", "variation": 109963 }, "summary_title": "spears (weapons: missiles & projectors)", "admin": { "uid": "hmc-term-502770", "id": "term-502770", "uuid": "83a55561-21de-37ad-92a3-5f427f4700ad" } }, "type": "object name" }, { "type": "object name (Horniman Ethno.)", "value": "spear (weapons: missiles & projectors)" } ], "options": { "use": "fighting", "flag4": "N", "flag3": "N", "flag2": "N", "option4": "OceaniaReview", "flag1": "N" }, "appraisal": [ { "source": "catalogue", "@entity": "lifecycle" } ], "categories": [ { "type": "category1", "value": "Anthropology: Ethnography" } ], "facilities": [ { "@link": { "date": { "earliest": 2014, "value": "2014-07-10", "latest": 2014 }, "level4": "shE", "current": "Y", "last": { "level4": "00E", "location": "Horniman Museum. 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