Bow And Arrows
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1858
label: Collection Date
content: 1838 to 1842
name: label: Collector
content: Mr. William May
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 LARGE AND SMALL SHIELDS AND POINTS. FIVE [note-- 3 more were found later] REED ARROWS WITH ELONGATED HARDWOOD HEADS HAVE VEGETABLE FIBER LASHING AT THE POINT OF CONNECTION. TWO ARROWS HAVE STING RAY SPINES LASHED TO THE POINT. HAS ORIGINAL PEALE TAG, ALSO WRITTEN ON THE BOW, "EX EX SAMOA ISLANDS".
label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "4852-71. 20 BOWS."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 30 Jul 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 8
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: E4857-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Bow / Arrow
physicalDescription: label: Length - Bow
content: 156.5 cm
label: Unknown - Arrow
content: 119 cm