Bow & Arrows
date: label: Accession Date
content: 3 Sep 1979
name: label: Collector
content: Mrs. Ethel C. Freeman
label: Donor Name
content: Mrs. Ethel C. Freeman
notes: label: Notes
content: A. TRIANGULAR BOW OF SMOOTH, POLISHED WOOD; ENDS STAINED BROWN. BOW STRING OF SPLIT PLANT FIBRE (BAMBOO?), STRING IN THE "FRONTAL" METHOD. B-E. FOUR ARROWS: TWO, SHARPENED END WITHOUT A NOTCH; TWO WITH METAL BARBLESS POINTS. DONOR STATES LEAVES WERE USED IN ARROWS INSTEAD OF FEATHERS & ARROWS WERE POISONED. SEE: MORPHOLOGY OF THE AFRICAN BOW WEAPON, L. FROBENIUS.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 28 Nov 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 5
place: label: Place
content: Democratic Republic of the Congo, Africa
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Not Given
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 319549
label: USNM Number
content: E418526-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Bow/Arrow
physicalDescription: label: Length - Bow
content: 79 cm
label: Width - Bow
content: 18 cm
label: Length - , Arrows
content: 52.5 cm
label: Length - , Arrows
content: 58.5 cm