Crossbow Set
date: label: Accession Date
content: 5 Dec 2006
label: Collection Date
content: 1967
name: label: Collector
content: Norman M. Rich
label: Donor Name
content: U.S. Department Of Defense
notes: label: Notes
content: TWO-PIECE BOW ASSEMBLY (EXACT ASSEMBLY NOT KNOWN) WITH ONE ARROW. MED. MUSEUM DOC.: "CAPTURED V. C. (VIET CONG) ITEMS". (1/3) BOW (L. 98CM. W. 6.5CM) SHORT, THICK BOW OF DARK HARDWOOD, CARVED GROOVES FOR STRING. CENTER GROOVED BAND FOR ATTACHMENT TO STOCK. SINGLE FIBER BOWSTRING OF PLANT MATERIAL, WRAPPED REINFORCING AT ENDS AND CENTER. SOME CRACKING ON BACK. (2/3) STOCK (L. 44.5CM, W. 3CM, H. 7.5CM) SINGLE SECTION OF DARK HARD WOOD, NARROW AND POINTED AT ONE END, WIDENING AT THE OTHER. TOP GROOVE; HAND GRIP OPENING. (3/3) ARROW (L. 51.75CM, W. 4CM.) SHORT ARROW, STEMMED METAL POINT W/ CORNER NOTCHES, ATTACHED TO REED SHAFT W/ RESIN, COVERED W/ HUSK AND WRAPPED W/ DARK FIBER. TWO "FEATHERS" OF SOME FOLDED HUSK PLANT MATERIAL, DARK FIBER-WRAPPED NOCK. SOME FIBEROUS MATERIAL STUCK TO POINT ATTACHMENT.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 17 Sep 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 3
place: label: Place
content: Vietnam, Asia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Vietnamese
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 364983
label: USNM Number
content: E424624-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Crossbow / Arrow
physicalDescription: label: Length - 1 Of 3, Bow
content: 98 cm
label: Width - 1 Of 3, Bow
content: 6.5 cm
label: Length - 2 Of 3, Stock
content: 44.5 cm
label: Width - 2 Of 3, Stock
content: 3 cm
label: Height - 2 Of 3, Stock
content: 7.5 cm
label: Length - 3 Of 3, Arrow
content: 51.75 cm
label: Width - 3 Of 3, Arrow
content: 4 cm