Bow "Tunken" And Two Arrows "Dai" And "Buko"
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1 Sep 1989
label: Collection Date
content: 1983 to 1984
name: label: Collector
content: Keith V. Bletzer
label: Donor Name
content: Keith V. Bletzer
notes: label: Notes
content: BOW WITH TWO ARROWS: BOW "TUNKEN" (L. 94.5 CM, W. 2 CM) SMALL BOW OF BROWN WOOD (TRUNK OF THE PEACH PALM, DABA, GYNERIUM GASIPAES), TWISTED NYLON CORD. TRADITIONALLY STRUNG WITH CORD MADE FROM WILD PINEAPPLE FIBER (KIKA (AECHMEA MAGDALANAE?)ARROW "DAI" (L. 149 CM, W. 2 CM.) LONG, UNFEATHERED SHAFT OF WILD CANE (DRURAW, GYNERIUM SAGITTATUM). THREE-PRONGED POINT OF PEACH PALM, TIED W/WILD PINEAPPLE FIBER CORD, REINFORCED W/FOREST WAX FROM CERILLO, "BREA" (IDENTITY UNKNOWN). USED TO SHOOT FISH, SNAKES AND SMALL ANIMALS.ARROW "BUKO" (L. 134.5, W. 2.5 CM)LONG, UNFEATHERED SHAFT OF WILD CANE, CARVED WOODEN BLADE POINT OF PEACH PALM TIED W/WILD PINEAPPLE FIBER CORD, REINFORCED W/FOREST WAX. USED TO SHOOT LARGE & SMALL ANIMALS. MADE BY FLORENTINO HOOKER AND DARIO TROTMAN FOR A SCHOOL PROJECT, OBTAINED BY COLLECTOR FROM THE SCHOOL. SEE FIELD REPORT IN ACC. FILE FOR MORE ELABORATE INFO ON TECHNIQUE AND USE.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 2 Dec 2021
label: Specimen Count
content: 3
place: label: Place
content: Valiente Peninsula, Panama, Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Guaymi (Ngäbe)
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 364391
label: USNM Number
content: E425461-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Bow/Arrow
physicalDescription: label: Length - Bow
content: 94.5 cm
label: Width - Bow
content: 2 cm
label: Length - Arrow Dai
content: 149 cm
label: Width - Arrow Dai
content: 2 cm
label: Length - Arrow Buko
content: 134.5 cm
label: Width - Arrow Buko
content: 2.5 cm