Item 13: Spear fragments removed from George Ernest Morrison's nose and body, 1883
Item 13: Spear fragments removed from George Ernest Morrison's nose and body, 1883
Item 13: Spear fragments removed from George Ernest Morrison's nose and body, 1883
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Date
1883
Call Numbers
SAFE/R 645/Item c
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Physical Description
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Objects - each main splinter approx. 4 cm. length - 4 main wooden splinters and smaller fragments broken off from the main splinters
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Item 13: Spear fragments removed from George Ernest Morrison's nose and body, 1883
Notes
General note
Digital order no:Album ID : 825715
Signature / Inscriptions
Pieces of splinter from the spear / G.E.M. -- handwritten on envelope accompanying splinters
"Pieces of the spear taken from Ernest's nose - after N. Guinea disaster" -- handwritten on another envelope accompanying splinters
"Splinters from the spear / November 1883 / [?] 1884" -- handwritten note accompanying the splinters
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Morrison explored the interior of New Guinea in 1883, under special commission from The Melbourne Age. His expedition was beset with various difficulties, including theft of equipment by hostile indigenous tribesmen who opposed his incursions into their territory. To discourage theft, Morrision finally shot, at long range, one tribesman who stole a...
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Call Numbers
SAFE/R 645/Item c
Record Identifier
9qoQzP01
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/9qoQzP01
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442359
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