Hook
date: label: Accession Date
content: 28 Apr 1994
label: Collection Date
content: 1970's
name: label: Collector
content: George C. McGhee
label: Donor Name
content: George C. McGhee
notes: label: Notes
content: THREE DIMENSIONAL CARVED BROWN WOOD; FOUR HOOKS PROTRUDING UP FROM THE BOTTOM; THE MIDDLE OF THE PIECE HAS THREE CARVED BIRDS OR CROCODILE BEAKS AND EYES; TOP IS CARVED IN THE SHAPE OF A HAT WITH A SQUARE HOLE CARVED THROUGH THE MIDDLE TO HANG THE HOOK. HOOK IS USED TO HANG FOOD ON. NOTE: SQUARE CARDBOARD PIECE WITH NUMBER 25 ATTACHED NOTE: "MANAM" IS PROBABLY MANEM ISLAND. ARTIFACT LOOKS LIKE IT IS FROM THE SEPIK REGION. (SUSANNA KELLEY, CATALOGUER, 1994, AND CATHERINE RHODES, CATALOGUER, 1996.)
label: Record Last Modified
content: 2 Dec 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Manam Island, New Guinea (near), Papua New Guinea, Melanesia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 390923
label: USNM Number
content: E426857-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Hook
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 47 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 18.5 cm
label: Depth - Object
content: 11.5 cm