Bow And Arrows
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1858
label: Collection Date
content: 1838 to 1842
name: label: Collector
content: United States Exploring Expedition
label: Donor Name
content: United States Exploring Expedition
notes: label: Notes
content: BOW MADE FROM AN AERIAL ROOT OF THE MANGROVE TREE WITH A GROOVE DOWN THE INSIDE, AND NOCKS CARVED WITH LARGE AND SMALL SHIELDS AND POINTS. ONE END OF THE BOW IS BROKEN OFF. SIX REED ARROWS WITH ELONGATED HARDWOOD HEADS HAVE VEGETABLE FIBER LASHING AT THE POINT OF CONNECTION. HAS ORIGINAL PEALE TAG; ALSO "EX EX SAMOA ISLANDS" WRITTEN ON BOW.
label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "4886-90. 5 BOWS AND 28 ARROWS."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 30 Jul 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 6
place: label: Place
content: Fiji, Melanesia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Fijian
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 66A00050
label: USNM Number
content: E4889-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Bow / Arrow
physicalDescription: label: Length - Bow
content: 149 cm
label: Unknown - , Arrows
content: 102 cm
label: Unknown - , Arrows
content: 130 cm