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 JUST BELOW THE ROWS OF SHARKS TEETH. HAS ORIGINAL PEALE TAG NO. 651; "GILBERT EX EX KINGSMILL IS." WRITTEN ON THE SWORD. EXHIBITED MAGNIFICENT VOYAGERS, NATIONAL MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY, 1985-86.
label: Notes
content: This object was on display in the National Museum of Natural History exhibit "Objects of Wonder", 2017 - 2024.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 15 Jan 2025
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: E3694-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Sword
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 59 cm