Dagger
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1858
label: Collection Date
content: 1838 to 1842
name: label: Donor Name
content: United States Exploring Expedition
notes: label: Notes
content: BONE DAGGER WITH TWO ROWS OF SHARKS TEETH POINTS INSET INTO A GROOVE ON EITHER SIDE. THE INSET POINTS ARE ATTACHED TO THE DAGGER THROUGH HOLES IN THE BOTTOM OF THE TEETH AND LASHED TO THE SHAFT BY MEANS OF BRAIDED COCONUT FIBER CORD. A HAND GUARD OF PANDANUS IS WRAPPED AROUND THE BONE SHAFT JUST BELOW THE SHARKS TEETH. A BRAIDED COCONUT FIBER CORD LOOP IS ATTACHED TO THE DAGGER BELOW THIS.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 26 Aug 2022
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Kiribati, Micronesia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Gilbertese
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 66A00050
label: USNM Number
content: E3692-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Dagger
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 49 cm