Bow And Arrows
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1858
label: Collection Date
content: 1838 to 1842
name: label: Collector
content: Lt. William L. Maury
label: Donor Name
content: United States Exploring Expedition
notes: label: Notes
content: STRAIGHT, FLAT, BOW STAINED BLACK ON FRONT WITH PAINTED PARALLEL LINES DOWN THE MIDDLE OF THE INSIDE. THE INSIDE IS WARPED AND ROUGH. THE ENDS ARE SMOOTH AND SLIGHTLY WORN, THERE IS NO BOWSTRING. ELEVEN ARROWS MADE OF REED WITH INCISED AND BLACKENED DESIGNS ALONG FULL LENGTH. ARROWS HAVE HARDENED AND SHARPENED WOODEN POINTS, SOME WITH ADDITIONAL BARBS AND STING RAY POINTS, INSERTED AND LASHED INTO THE REED SHAFTS WHICH ARE DEVOID OF FLETCHING. HAS ORIGINAL PEALE TAG. THE BOW HAS "N. ZEALAND" WRITTEN ON IT, SINCE IT WAS COLLECTED IN NEW ZEALAND.
label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "1 BOW AND 12 ARROWS."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 2 Dec 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 14
place: label: Place
content: Bougainville Island, North Solomon Islands, Papua New Guinea, Melanesia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Melanesian
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 66A00050
label: USNM Number
content: E3877-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Bow / Arrow
physicalDescription: label: Length - Bow
content: 197.5 cm
label: Length - Arrows, Avg
content: 141 cm