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 SHIELDS AND POINTS. ONE END HAS A SHARPER POINT, THE OTHER MORE ROUNDED. THE REED ARROW WITH ELONGATED HARDWOOD HEAD HAS BEEN BROKEN IN HALF. MARKS> WRITTEN ON BOW, "EX EX SAMOA ISLANDS". PUBLICATION: SEE FERGUS CLUNIE, "FIJIAN WEAPONS AND WARFARE," FIJI MUSEUM, 1977, P. 75. ACCORDING TO FERGUS CLUNIE THE ROUND HEAD IS CALLED FEMALE AND THE MORE ELONGATED POINT IS CALLED MALE.
label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "4897-4900. 4 BOWS AND 20 ARROWS"
label: Record Last Modified
content: 30 Dec 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 6
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: E4897-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Bow / Arrow
physicalDescription: label: Length - Bow
content: 192 cm
label: Unknown - Broken Arrow
content: 73 cm
label: Unknown - Broken Arrow
content: 90 cm