Bow And Arrows
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1858
label: Collection Date
content: 1838 to 1842
name: label: Collector
content: Peter Williamson
label: Donor Name
content: United States Exploring Expedition
notes: label: Notes
content: BOW MADE FROM AN AERIAL ROOT OF THE MANGROVE TREE WITH A GROOVE DOWN THE INSIDE, AND NOCKS CARVED WITH TRIANGULAR SHIELDS AND POINTS. A FIVE-PLY, KNOTTED, HIBISCUS FIBER BOW STRING IS TIED FROM ONE ONE NOCK. FOURTEEN ARROWS WITH ELONGATED HARDWOOD HEADS HAVE VEGETABLE FIBER LASHING AT THE POINT OF CONNECTION. NINE HAVE DIAGONAL INCISING AT THE POINT AND NOCK. TWO ARE 126 CM.
label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "4852-71. 20 BOWS."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 2 Dec 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 18
place: label: Place
content: Fiji, Melanesia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Fijian
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 66A00050
label: USNM Number
content: E4852-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Bow / Arrow
physicalDescription: label: Length - Bow
content: 172 cm
label: Length - Arrows, Avg
content: 117 cm
label: Length - 2 Arrows
content: 126 cm