Donor Name:

United States Exploring Expedition  Search this

Length - Hook:

12 cm

Length - Line:

91 cm

Culture:

Tahitian  Search this

Object Type:

Fishhook / Bag

Place:

Tahiti, Society Islands, France, Polynesia

Accession Date:

1858

Collection Date:

1838 to 1842

Notes:

COMPOSITE HOOK FOR BONITO FISHING. THE SHANK IS MADE FROM PEARL SHELL AND THE HOOK FROM CARVED BONE WHICH IS ATTACHED TO THE SHANK BY MEANS OF TWISTED AND BRAIDED VEGETABLE FIBER. THE HOOK IS FITTED WITH A KNOTTED COCONUT FIBER CORD BAG CASE. MARKS> "2844 SOCIETY I." PUBLICATION: ILLUS. IN PROCEEDINGS, USNM, VOL. 60, PL. 26, NO. 6, P. 48. NOTE ON OLD CATALOGUE CARD STATES, "ORIGINALLY CATALOGUED AS FIJI, AS IT APPEARS IN PEALE CATALOG BUT IS A SOCIETY TYPE. SHR [CURATOR SAUL H. RIESENBERG]. 3/6/61". EXHIBITED MAGNIFICENT VOYAGERS, NATIONAL MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY, 1985-86. EXHIBITED SITES "MAGNIFICENT VOYAGERS," 1987-90.

FROM CARD: "ORIGINALLY CATALOGED AS FIJI, AS IT APPEARS IN PEALE CATALOG BUT IS A SOCIETY TYPE. SHR. 3/6/61. IS FITTED WITH A KNOTTED BAG CONTAINER. ILLUS. IN PROCEEDINGS, USNM, VOL. 60, P1. 26, NO. 6, P.48."

Record Last Modified:

16 Apr 2017

Specimen Count:

2

Topic:

Ethnology  Search this

Accession Number:

66A00050

USNM Number:

E2844-0

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Data Source:

NMNH - Anthropology Dept.

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3be593149-06e3-4c11-9481-76a7fdc9c7d0

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmnhanthropology_8383704