Lab Hours

11 hours researching artifacts online, digging through catalogs in the library, and bouncing between cards and databases in the museum....it's been a long week but I've found out a lot more about my artifacts!

Artifact findings (gladly accepting help or hints!)

Artifact 74-2-1 is looking more and more like an African tribal spear.  The steel tip looks similar to African spears and South Africa does have bamboo.  South Pacific tribal spears are usually wood and stone and carved so it's not likely to be from any of the Islands. 
Artifacts 74-2-26 a and b are wooden knotted clubs most likely from a South Pacific group.  They are likely a raw form of what would have become carved or polished and embellished with stones or ivory. 
Artifact 74-2-38 is a straw Italian sun shade produced in the late 19th century and most likely purchased by Alice during her Grand Tour travels through Italy.  The only other one of these found thus far is listed as American made and from the 1860's-80's that is in the Metropolitan Museum.
Artifact 74-2-79 is a fibrous sack made from Kete (woven Flax) produced by the Maori.  

If anybody has any helpful hints for me or any questions about my findings let me know! :)

catalog help

Hey all,
If you're having trouble finding a place to start looking at catalogs for research there's a good amount of them in 3 north of the library around N 5000~ish.  They're arranged by region and there are lots of Maori, New Zealand, and aboriginal catalogs. Hope this helps!

Lab Hours

2 hours docenting on Wednesday and about 30 minutes trying to research my artifacts