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 FRONT WITH PAINTED PARALLEL LINES DOWN THE MIDDLE OF THE INSIDE. THE ENDS ARE SMOOTH, W/ HEAVY BANDS OF WOVEN VEGETABLE FIBER. THIRTEEN ARROWS MADE OF REED WITH INCISED AND BLACKENED DESIGNS ALONG FULL LENGTH. ARROWS HAVE HARDENED AND SHARPENED WOODEN POINTS WHICH ARE A DEEP RED COLOR, SOME WITH ADDITIONAL BARBS AND STING RAY POINTS, INSERTED AND LASHED INTO THE REED SHAFTS WHICH ARE DEVOID OF FLETCHING. HAS ORIGINAL PEALE TAG.
label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "POISONED ARROWS."
label: Notes
content: Catalog card does not indicate how many parts are supposed to be with this catalog number, but 14 parts were found in Jan 2009: 1 bow and 13 arrows.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 30 Jul 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 14
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: E3870-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Bow / Arrow
physicalDescription: label: Length - Bow
content: 197 cm
label: Length - Arrows,
content: 149 cm