Bow, Locust Wood
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1884
label: Collection Date
content: Jul 1881
name: label: Collector
content: Dr. Edward Palmer
label: Donor Name
content: Bureau Of American Ethnology
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "LOANED TO DEPT. OF INT. (CUMBERLAND GAP) 2/6/59. RENEWED-2/66. RENEWED 2/1978. RETURNED 6-3-85." FROM CARD: "BOW OF LOCUST WOOD, ALMOST STRAIGHT, FIVE FT. LONG, AND 1 1/2 IN. WIDE IN MIDDLE TAPERING AT ENDS TO 1 IN., THICKNESS 1/2 INCH. THE BACK OF THE BOW IS UNDRESSED, THE BARK HAVING BEEN REMOVED. THE STRING WHICH RESEMBLES ORDINARY TWINE IS SAID TO BE MADE OF WILD HEMP. THE ARROWS ARE 40 INCHES LONG. THE SHAFTS ARE MADE OF HICKORY WOOD AND HAS A CONICAL POINT. STONE OR METAL POINTS ARE NOT USED, AS THE COUNTRY ABOUNDS IN SMALL GAME ONLY, AND HEAVY POINTS ARE CONSIDERED UNNECESSARY. IN TRIMMING THE ARROW TWO FEATHERS OF THE WILD TURKEY ARE USED; THESE ARE CLOSE CHIPPED, AND FASTENED WITH SINEW . OBTAINED FROM CHEROKEE INDIANS."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 6 May 2022
label: Specimen Count
content: 2
place: label: Place
content: Yellow Hill Council House, Jackson County, North Carolina, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Cherokee
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 014255
label: USNM Number
content: E63059-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Bow / Arrow
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 2 m
label: Width - Middle
content: 3.8 cm
label: Width - Ends
content: 3 cm
label: Width - Thickness
content: 1.3 cm
label: Length - Arrows
content: 102 cm