Spear, catalogue card

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Spear, catalogue card

[ Source of title : Chloe Rushovich for FHYA using material provided by Justine Wintjes and Chiara Singh using the KZNM PastPerfect database, Object Name field, selected from Nomenclature 4.0 for Museum Cataloging. Parallel title from KZNM PastPerfect database, Other Name field (parallel custom lexicon) ]

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00088A

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Creative Commons License: CC BY-NC-ND https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/

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Transcription [Source - Chiara Singh for FHYA, 2021: All text typed unless otherwise specified. Direct quotes are indicated in quote marks, with additions indicated in square brackets. "[Top of the 'Location' field, written in pencil:] 67/1 NAME: Assegai CULTURAL AFFINITY: Zulu CATALOGUE No.: 88A CARD No.: 7/j/3 [Geographic area/community as per the category indicated on the Catalogue Card, which corresponds with "Zululand Zulu"] PROVENANCE: Zululand DIMENSIONS: HEAD LENGTH 38.5cm SHAFT LENGTH 90.5cm BLADE WIDTH 4.7cm TOTAL LENGTH 128.7cm [written in blue ink] FUNCTION: Weapon RAW MATERIALS: ? grass ? fibre ? thong, wood, metal METHOD OBTAINED: Donated (see cat. seq. ± 1900)"]

Events
Event Actor Event Type Event Date Event Description
Five Hundred Year Archive (FHYA) Online curation 2021 - Chiara Singh digitised this material on behalf of the FHYA
KwaZulu-Natal Museum (KZNM) Custody 1978 - Record-keeping undertaken by staff at the Department of Human Sciences at the KwaZulu-Natal Museum
No attribution Making 1996 - Staff at the Department of Human Sciences at the KwaZulu-Natal Museum added to this catalogue card post 1996
Kathleen Mack Making 1978 - 1996 Card was typed by Kathleen Mack between 1978 and 1996.
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