Bow And Arrows
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1858
label: Collection Date
content: 1838 to 1842
name: label: Collector
content: United States Exploring Expedition
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 SHIELDS AND POINTS. THE BOW IS CRACKED DOWN THE CENTER AND HAS A WIDE TAPE WRAPPED AROUND IT. SIX REED ARROWS WITH ELONGATED HARDWOOD HEADS HAVE VEGETABLE FIBER LASHING AT THE POINT OF CONNECTION.
label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "BOW: EXCHANGE: ANTON HEITMULLER, #1307 14TH ST., NW, WASH., D.C. DEC. 7, 1915. RETURNED:THROUGH THE V. J. EVANS COLLECTION AS CAT. NO. 361760. THIS NUMBER HAS BEEN REMOVED FROM THE BOW AND THE ORIGINAL WILKES NO. 3201 RETAINED."
label: Notes
content: Catalog card indicates that there should be 5 arrows and a bow with this catalog number. In 1980s, Jane Walsh found a bow and 6 arrows with this number. In 2009, 7 arrows were found, along with the bow. Some of these arrows could be misnumbered?
label: Record Last Modified
content: 30 Jul 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 8
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: E3201-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Bow / Arrow
physicalDescription: label: Length - Bow
content: 175 cm
label: Length - Arrows
content: avg 116 cm