Pearl Shell Fishhook
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1858
label: Collection Date
content: 1838 to 1842
name: label: Collector
content: United States Exploring Expedition
label: Donor Name
content: United States Exploring Expedition
notes: label: Notes
content: WRONG NUMBER 3431 ON OBJECT. GIVEN # ET22308-0 FOR TRACKING PURPOSES. Possibly U.S. Exploring Expedition/Wilkes collection? EXHIBITED MAGNIFICENT VOYAGERS, NATIONAL MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY, 1985-86. EXHIBITED SITES "MAGNIFICENT VOYAGERS," 1987-89.
label: Notes
content: Lure and hook both made of shell. Hook is attached to lure with twisted vegetal fiber which threads through hole in hook and wraps around shell. At other end, a twisted vegetal fiber line threads through hole in lure. Possibly Marshall Islands?
label: Record Last Modified
content: 19 Apr 2016
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Marshall Islands (not certain), Micronesia (not certain)
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 66A00050
label: USNM Number
content: ET22308-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Fish Hook
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 10.2 cm
label: Length - Object
content: 9.8 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 2.2 cm
label: Height - Object
content: 4.5 cm
label: Length - Cord
content: 9 cm