Bow Made Of Bone
date: label: Accession Date
content: 8 Dec 1882
label: Collection Date
content: 1881 to 1882
name: label: Collector
content: James T. Brown
label: Donor Name
content: James T. Brown
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "68127-8. ESQUIMOS. SEE NO. 68113."
label: Notes
content: FROM CARD FOR 68113: "NOS. 68113-37 WERE OBTAINED BY MR. J. T. BROWN FROM PERSONS ON BOARD A WHALING VESSEL JUST RETURNED FROM A VOYAGE TO HUDSON BAY."
label: Notes
content: It appears that 68127 - 68130 are described on p. 88 of Brown, James Temple. 1883. The whale fishery and its appliances. Washington: Govt. print. off.. They are all erroneously listed as catalogue # 68127. They are identified as "Eskimo Hunting-Case, Bows, and Arrows. Case, deer-skin; one bow has end-pieces made of the ribs of the deer, and center-piece made of walrus tusk; the other bow is made of ribs of deer and wood. Thongs made from sinew of the deer. Bows and case have been used. Arrows new. Length of case, 34 1/4 inches. New Bedford, Massachusetts, 1882. U.S. Fish Commission. Used by some of the tribes in hunting deer, walrus, musk-ox, seal, bears, partridges, etc. Obtained from crew of whaling brig "George and Mary.""
label: Record Last Modified
content: 15 Feb 2019
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Hudson Bay / Marble Island (near), Nunavut, Canada, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Eskimo, Inuit
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 82A00028
label: USNM Number
content: E68127-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Bow