Sword
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: WOODEN SHORT SWORD WITH TWO ROWS OF SHARKS TEETH POINTS LASHED THROUGH DRILLED HOLES ONTO PALM LEAF RIBS; THE RIBS ARE THEN LASHED TO THE WOODEN SWORD BY MEANS OF BRAIDED COCONUT FIBER CORD. BRAIDED HUMAN HAIR IS WRAPPED AROUND THE SWORD IN TWO AREAS BETWEEN THE SHARKS TEETH AND AT THE END OF SHARKS TEETH ROWS. JUST BELOW THIS IS A SECTION OF PALM LEAF INTERWOVEN WITH COCONUT FIBER IN A CHECKERBOARD PATTERN. EXHIBITED MAGNIFICENT VOYAGERS, NATIONAL MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY, 1985-86.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 8 Feb 2019
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Kiribati, Micronesia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Gilbertese
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 66A00050
label: USNM Number
content: E3695-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Sword
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 80 cm