Bow And Arrows
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: STRAIGHT FLAT BOW, STAINED BLACK ON THE FRONT, AND HAVING BLACK STAINED PARALLEL LINES RUNNING DOWN THE MIDDLE OF INSIDE. ELEVEN ARROWS MADE OF REED WITH INCISED AND BLACKENED DESIGNS ALONG FULL LENGTH. ARROWS HAVE HARDENED AND SHARPENED WOODEN POINTS, SOME WITH ADDITIONAL BARBS AND STING RAY POINTS, INSERTED INTO THE REED SHAFTS WHICH ARE DEVOID OF FLETCHING. BOW HAS "N. ZEALAND" WRITTEN ON IT, SINCE IT WAS COLLECTED IN NEW ZEALAND.
label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "1 BOW AND 11 ARROWS."
label: Notes
content: Catalog card indicates that there are 11 arrows, but in 2009 (and earlier?) there were 12 arrows, along with the bow, with this number. It is possible that one or more of the arrows is misnumbered.
label: Notes
content: Peale catalogue identifies # 568 - 578 as "Bows from Bogainville Island, obtained from a Whaler in New Zealand."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 30 Jul 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 13
place: label: Place
content: Bougainville Island, North Solomon Islands, Papua New Guinea, Melanesia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Melanesian
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 66A00050
label: USNM Number
content: E3862-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Bow / Arrow
physicalDescription: label: Length - Bow
content: 149.5 cm
label: Length - Arrows, Avg
content: 137 cm