1 Bow & 4 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 OVER FRONT WITH PAINTED PARALLEL LINES RUNNING DOWN MIDDLE OF INSIDE. THREE ARROWS MADE OF REED WITH INCISED AND BLACKENED DESIGNS ALONG FULL LENGHT. ARROWS HAVE HARDENED AND SHARPENED WOODEN POINTS INSERTED INTO THE REED SHAFTS WHICH ARE DEVOID OF FLETCHING. THE BOW AND ARROWS ARE IDENTICAL TO ALL THE OTHERS WHICH ARE LISTED AS BOUGAINVILLE, OR SOLOMON.
label: Notes
content: One arrow was found mislabelled as "E3489 Hawaii" but is in fact E3849.
label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "1 BOW AND 4 ARROWS."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 30 Dec 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 5
place: label: Place
content: Timor Island, Lesser Sunda Islands, Indonesia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Timor Islanders
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 66A00050
label: USNM Number
content: E3849-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Bow / Arrow
physicalDescription: label: Length - Bow
content: 213 cm
label: Length - Arrow
content: 139.7 cm
label: Length - Arrow
content: 140 cm
label: Length - Arrow
content: 140.5 cm