Bow Stave
date: label: Accession Date
content: 27 Oct 1994
name: label: Donor Name
content: National Museum of Natural History
notes: label: Notes
content: FOUND IN "SCHOOL COLLECTION" STORAGE AREA. PROPOSED FOR ACCESSIONING AND IDENTIFIED BY WILLIAM STURTEVANT ETHNOLOGY CURATOR NMNH, 11/1994. POSSIBLY FROM THE TROPICAL FOREST, SOUTH AMERICA. BOW STAVE, 72" LONG, D-SHAPED CROSS SECTION, DARK STAINED FIBROUS WOOD. NO NOCKS, NO BOWSTRING. ONE END HAS REMAINS OF FIBER WRAPPING 2" FROM THE TIP, OTHER END HAS LIGHT COLORED AREA INDICATING FORMER PRESENCE OF WRAPPING. TWO PARALLEL LINES ABOUT 1/8" APART RUN ENTIRE LENGTH OF THE BACK OF THE BOW.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 2 Dec 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Amazon Region (not certain), South America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 400221
label: USNM Number
content: E426290-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Bow
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 183 cm