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 V-SHAPED SHIELD AND A RECTANGULAR POINT. ONE END IS BROKEN OFF. FIVE REED ARROWS WITH ELONGATED HARDWOOD HEADS HAVE VEGETABLE FIBER LASHING AT THE POINT OF CONNECTION. THE SMALLEST ARROW HAS INCISED DIAGONAL LINES COVERING SHAFT. MARKS> "SAMOA ISLANDS" WRITTEN ON BOW. PUBLICATION: SEE FERGUS CLUNIE, "FIJIAN WEAPONS AND WARFARE," FIJI MUSEUM, 1977, P. 75. THE REMAINING NOCK IS DESCRIBED BY CLUNIE AS BEING "FEMALE."
label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "4886-90. 5 BOWS AND 28 ARROWS."
label: Notes
content: Peale catalogue indicates some at least of the arrows are poisoned.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 30 Jul 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 6
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: E4887-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Bow / Arrow
physicalDescription: label: Length - Bow
content: 170.5 cm
label: Unknown - Arrows
content: 126 cm
label: Unknown - , Arrows
content: 134 cm