Sword
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1858
label: Collection Date
content: 1838 to 1842
name: label: Donor Name
content: United States Exploring Expedition
notes: label: Notes
content: WOODEN SWORD WITH TWO ROWS OF SHARKS TEETH POINTS LASHED THROUGH DRILLED HOLES ONTO PALM LEAF RIBS; THE RIBS ARE THEN LASHED TO THE WOODEN SWORD BY MEANS OF BRAIDED COCONUT FIBER CORD AND HUMAN HAIR. HUMAN HAIR IS ALSO VISIBLE AT THE POINT OF THE SWORD AND AT THE END OF THE ROWS OF SHARKS TEETH. THE END OF THE SWORD IS BROKEN OFF. ORIGINALLY CATALOGUED AS NEW ZEALAND, BUT IDENTIFED AS GILBERTESE BY S.H. RIESENBERG, 1962.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 13 Jan 2017
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Kiribati, Micronesia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Gilbertese
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 66A00050
label: USNM Number
content: E3752-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Sword
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 101 cm