Bow And Arrow
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1858
label: Collection Date
content: 1838 to 1842
name: label: Collector
content: Titian R. Peale
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. THERE IS A LIGHTWEIGHT BOW STRING TIED TO BOTH NOCKS. ONE REED ARROW WITH AN ELONGATED HARDWOOD HEAD IS INSERTED INTO THE REED SHAFT; THERE IS NO VEGETABLE FIBER LASHING AT THE POINT OF CONNECTION. MARKS> "EX EX FEJEE ISLANDS" WRITTEN ON BOW.
label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "4849-51. 3 BOWS AND 24 ARROWS."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 2 Dec 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 2
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: E4851-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Bow / Arrow
physicalDescription: label: Unknown - Arrow
content: 114 cm