Sling
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1858
label: Collection Date
content: 1838 to 1842
name: label: Collector
content: Dr. Joseph P. Couthouy
label: Donor Name
content: United States Exploring Expedition
notes: label: Notes
content: SLING MADE OF SEAL SKIN WITH THE HAIR ON ONE SIDE, DIAMOND SHAPED WITH LONG STRINGS ON EITHER EDGE. THE ENDS OF THE STRINGS ARE BALLED UP AND COVERED WITH SKIN. HAS ORIGINAL PEALE TAG #485. PEALE # 485 WAS EXHIBITED MAGNIFICENT VOYAGERS, NATIONAL MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY, 1985-86 AND EXHIBITED SITES "MAGNIFICENT VOYAGERS," 1987-89. IT WAS IDENTIFIED BY ITS ORIGINAL NUMBER, SINCE IT HAD BEEN DESIGNATED T-12462.
label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "LOAN: SITES JAN 9 1987. MAGNIFICENT VOYAGERS."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 30 Jul 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Tierra Del Fuego, Chile, South America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Ona (Selk'nam)
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 66A00050
label: USNM Number
content: E5748-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Sling
physicalDescription: label: Length - 5748/485
content: 14 cm
label: Length - Strings, 5748/485
content: 74 cm
label: Length - Strings, 5748/485
content: 80 cm
label: Width - Sling Portion
content: 6.3 cm