Bow
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1858
label: Collection Date
content: 1838 to 1842
name: label: Collector
content: United States Exploring Expedition
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 THOUGH NOCKS. THE ENDS OF THE BOW ARE POINTED, ONE END IS VERY LONG, THE OTHER IS ROUNDED. PUBICATION: SEE FERGUS CLUNIE, "FIJIAN WEAPONS AND WARFARE," FIJI MUSEUM, 1977, P. 75. ACCORDING TO CLUNIE THE SHORTER ROUNDED END IS CALLED FEMALE AND THE SHARPER, ELONGATED POINT IS CALLED MALE. THIS PEALE NUMBER HAS BEEN ARBITRARILY ASSIGNED TO THIS CATALOGUE NUMBER FOR PURPOSES OF IDENTIFICATION.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 30 Jul 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
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: E2947-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Bow
physicalDescription: label: Length - Bow
content: 165 cm