Bow & 4 Arrows
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: STRAIGHT FLAT BOW, STAINED A REDDISH BROWN OVER FRONT WITH INCISED AND BLACK STAINED PARALLEL LINES RUNNING DOWN THE MIDDLE OF INSIDE. FOUR ARROWS MADE OF REED WITH INCISED AND BLACKENED DESIGNS ALONG FULL LENGTH. ARROWS HAVE HARDENED AND SHARPENED WOODEN POINTS, SOME OF WHICH HAVE ADDITIONAL BARBS AND DECORATION, INSERTED INTO THE REED SHAFTS WHGICH ARE DEVOID OF FLETCHING. HAS ORIGINAL PEALE TAG. THE BOW AND ARROWS ARE IDENTICAL TO ALL OTHERS WHICH ARE LISTED AS BOUGAINVILLE, OR SOLOMON, EXCEPT THAT THE BOW IS STAINED A REDDISH-BROWN COLOR.
label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "1 BOW AND 4 ARROWS."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 30 Jul 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 5
place: label: Place
content: Timor Island, Lesser Sunda Islands, Indonesia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Timor Islanders
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 66A00050
label: USNM Number
content: E3850-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Bow / Arrow
physicalDescription: label: Length - Bow
content: 196 cm
label: Length - Arrow
content: 136 cm
label: Length - Arrow
content: 140 cm
label: Length - Arrow
content: 148 cm