Sling
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: FROM CARD 2990-1: "Cat. 2991, SLING, FIJI ? BAG, 9" LONG, 2 1/4" WIDE. 18" ONE WING, LOOPED AT END. 19" OTHER WING, KNOTTED AT END. SENNIT BRAID WINGS, BAG LASHED WITH WHITISH TWINE STAINED BROWN. (THIS INFORMATION GIVEN BY K. P. EMORY, BISHOP MUSEUM, 6/24/41)."
label: Notes
content: Peale catalogue identifies this object as a sling for throwing stones.
label: Notes
content: Sling made of a pouch ("cradle") of twisted fiber over a thicker material, and plaited "wings" or cords of coconut fiber, with one wing looped at the end (the retention cord), and the other knotted at the end (the release cord).
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: E2991-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Sling
physicalDescription: label: Length - Bag
content: 23 cm
label: Width - Bag
content: 5.71 cm
label: Unknown - One Wing
content: 46 cm
label: Unknown - Other Wing
content: 48 cm
label: Length - Object
content: 127 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 6.5 cm