Bow And Arrows
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1858
label: Collection Date
content: 1838 to 1842
name: label: Collector
content: William Brown
label: Donor Name
content: United States Exploring Expedition
notes: label: Notes
content: BOW MADE FROM AN AERIAL ROOT OF THE MANGROVE TREE WITH A GROOVE DOWN THE INSIDE, AND NOCKS CARVED WITH LARGE AND SMALL SHIELDS AND POINTS. ONE REED ARROW WITH AN ELONGATED HARDWOOD HEAD HAS VEGETABLE FIBER LASHING AT THE POINT OF CONNECTION. THE ARROW ALSO HAS A STING RAY SPINE LASHED TO THE POINT. MARKS: "EX EX SAMOA ISLANDS," WRITTEN ON BOW.
label: Notes
content: As of 2006, objects with this catalogue number consist of a bow, separate bow string, and 3 arrows (only one of which has a stingray spine lashed to the point). 5 total parts.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 2 Dec 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 5
place: label: Place
content: Fiji, Melanesia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Fijian
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 66A00050
label: USNM Number
content: E4912-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Bow / Arrow
physicalDescription: label: Length - Bow
content: 166 cm
label: Unknown - Arrow
content: 121 cm