Cement For Arrows
date: label: Accession Date
content: 14 Feb 1895
label: Collection Date
content: 1894 to 1895
name: label: Collector
content: William J. McGee
label: Donor Name
content: Bureau Of American Ethnology
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "A PIECE OF REED (FRAGMITIS COMMUNIS) 5 3/4" IN LENGTH, 7/16" IN DIAMETER, HAS BEEN CUT TRANSVERSELY AT A POINT 1 5/8" FROM ONE END FOR A THIRD OF ITS DIAMETER AND THE CANE SPLIT OFF LONGITUDINALLY FROM THE LONG SIDE TO THE TRANSVERSE CUT, LEAVING THE INTERIOR OF THE REED EXPOSED. THE CAVITY IS PARTIALLY FILLED WITH BLACK MESQUITE-TREE GUM." FROM CARD: 174493A. COLLECTIONS OF THE BUREAU OF ETHNOLOGY. MESQUITE-GUM CEMENT AND REED.-A PIECE OF REED (FRAGMITIS COMMUNIS) 5 3/4 INCHES IN LENGTH, 7/16 INCH IN DIAMETER, HAS BEEN CUT TRANSVERSELY AT A POINT 1 5/8 INCHES FROM ONE END FOR A THIRD OF ITS DIAMETER AND THE CANE SPLIT OFF LONGITUDINALLY FROM THE LONG SIDE TO THE TRANSVERSE CUT, LEAVING THE INTERIOR OF THE REED EXPOSED. THE CAVITY IS PARTIALLY FILLED WITH BLACK MESQUITE-TREE GUM. SERI INDIANS, TIBURON ISLAND, SONORA, MEXICO. 174,493. COLLECTED BY W J MCGEE. THIS TUBE OF CEMENT FORMS PART OF THE PARAPHERNALIA OF THE SERI HUNTER. THE CEMENT IS USED FOR AFFIXING THE ARROW POINT TO THE SHAFT OF THE ARROW."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 4 Dec 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Tiburon Island, Sonora, Mexico, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Seri (Comcaac)
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 029025
label: USNM Number
content: E174493-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Gum-Cement
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 14.61 cm
label: Diameter - Object
content: 1.1113 cm