Bow And 8 Arrows
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1858
label: Collection Date
content: 1838 to 1842
name: label: Collector
content: Lt. Cadwalader Ringgold
label: Donor Name
content: United States Exploring Expedition
notes: label: Notes
content: LIGHT COLORED BOW MADE FROM AN AERIAL ROOT OF THE MANGROVE TREE WITH A GROOVE DOWN THE INSIDE, AND NOCKS CARVED WITH SHIELDS AND POINTS. THE BOW IS DECORATED ON THE FRONT WITH BURNT AND INCISED TRIANGULAR MOTIFS. THERE IS A THREE-PLY TWISTED HIBISCUS BOW STRING. EIGHT REED ARROWS WITH ELONGATED HARDWOOD HEADS HAVE VEGETABLE FIBER LASHING AT THE POINT OF CONNECTION.
label: Notes
content: Catalogue card lists Malolo (Island) as locality.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 30 Jun 2015
label: Specimen Count
content: 9
place: label: Place
content: Malolo Island (not certain), 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: E2936-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Bow / Arrow
physicalDescription: label: Length - Bow
content: 171.5 cm
label: Length - Arrow
content: 118 cm