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: SHORT, WOODEN SWORD WITH TWO ROWS OF SHARKS TEETH POINTS. THE TEETH ARE INSET INTO GROOVES ON EITHER SIDE OF THE SHAFT AND LASHED, THROUGH DRILLED HOLES IN BOTH THE TEETH AND THE SHAFT, BY MEANS OF BRAIDED COCONUT FIBER CORD. ATTACHED TO THE SHAFT BELOW THE ROWS OF SHARKS TEETH IS A BRAIDED COCONUT FIBER CORD LOOP. MARKS> "RECD. IN SHIP RELIEF 1840;" "EX. EX. KINGSMILL IS.". EXHIBITED MAGNIFICENT VOYAGERS, NATIONAL MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY, 1985-86. EXHIBITED SITES "MAGNIFICENT VOYAGERS," 1987-89.
label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "STRAIGHT WOODEN STICK WITH SHARK'S TEETH LASHED INTO A GROOVE ON EACH SIDE. BRAIDED CORD THROUGH THE HANDLE. SPECIMEN MARKED "REED. IN SHIP ROTIER 1840"."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 2 Oct 2019
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: E3753-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Sword
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 66 cm