Dagger
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 DAGGER WITH TWO ROWS OF SHARKS TEETH POINTS INSET INTO GROOVES ON EITHER SIDE. THE POINTS ARE LASHED THROUGH DRILLED HOLES IN THE TEETH AND SHAFT BY MEANS OF BRAIDED COCONUT FIBER CORD. BELOW THE SHARKS TEETH ROWS IS A BAND OF PANDANUS, PRESUMABLY A HAND GUARD, AND TWO BRAIDED COCONUT FIBER CORD LOOPS ATTACHED TO THE THE SHAFT. HAS ORIGINAL PEALE TAG. PUBLICATION: ILLUS. IN PROCEEDINGS, USNM, VOL. 60, PL. 22,NO. 3, P. 48. LENT TO NAVAL HISTORY DIVISION, MHT, MAY 19, 1965, RETURNED 1984.
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: E3698-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Dagger
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 47 cm