Sword
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 SWORD WITH TWO ROWS OF SHARKS TEETH POINTS LASHED THROUGH DRILLED HOLES IN THE TEETH AND SHAFT BY MEANS OF BRAIDED COCONUT FIBER CORD. PALM LEAF IS WRAPPED AROUND SWORD AT BASE OF THE SHARKS TEETH ROWS, PRESUMABLY AS A HAND GUARD, AND THERE IS A LOOP OF BRAIDED COCONUT FIBER CORD ATTACHED TO THE SHAFT JUST BELOW THIS.
label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "STRAIGHT WOODEN STICK WITH SHARKS TEETH LASHED INTO A GROOVE ON EACH SIDE. AT BASE OF HILT IS A BAND OF LEAF FIBER, AND A BRAIDED CORD IS THROUGH THE HANDLE."
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: E3754-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Sword
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 60 cm