Bow And 6 Arrows
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1858
label: Collection Date
content: 1838 to 1842
name: label: Collector
content: Mr. William May
label: Donor Name
content: United States Exploring Expedition
notes: label: Notes
content: STRAIGHT, FLAT, BOW STAINED BLACK ON FRONT WITH PAINTED PARALLEL LINES DOWN THE MIDDLE OF THE INSIDE, AND A TWISTED VEGETABLE FIBER BOWSTRING. SIX ARROWS MADE OF REED WITH INCISED AND BLACKENED DESIGNS ALONG FULL LENGTH. ARROWS HAVE HARDENED AND SHARPENED WOODEN POINTS WHICH AREA DEEP RED COLOR, SOME WITH ADDITIONAL BARBS AND STING RAY POINTS, INSERTED AND LASHED INTO THE REED SHAFTS WHICH ARE DEVOID OF FLETCHING. HAS ORIGINAL PEALE TAG.
label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "1 BOW AND 6 ARROWS."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 30 Jul 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 7
place: label: Place
content: Bougainville Island, North Solomon Islands, Papua New Guinea, Melanesia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Melanesian
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 66A00050
label: USNM Number
content: E3847-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Bow / Arrow
physicalDescription: label: Length - Bow
content: 213 cm
label: Length - , Arrows
content: 125 cm
label: Length - , Arrows
content: 134 cm