Fishing Net
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: PRAWNING NET MADE OF "WAYAKA" TWINE, WITH THREE BUNDLES OF TIED VEGETABLE FIBER FLOATS ON THE UPPER EDGE AND SHELL SINKERS WEIGHTING THE BOTTOM. THERE IS A STICK TIED AT EITHER END OF THE NET. ACCORDING TO FERGUS CLUNIE THESE ARE USED BY WOMEN. MARKS> HAS ORIGINAL PEALE TAG ONONE STICK. PUBLICATION: FOR A SIMILAR NET SEE FERGUS CLUNIE, "YALO I VITI," FIJI MUSEUM, 1986, P. 27, 148. EXAMINED BY KENNETH P. EMORY, BISHOP MUSEUM, JUNE 1941.
label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "TWINE MADE OF FIBRE OF HIBISCUS. SHELL SINKERS. FISHING NET. FIJI. 23" X 6'6" 3/4" MESH. SHELL SINKERS ALONG BOTTOM, WOODEN FLOATS ALONG TOP. (THIS INFORMATION GIVEN BY K. P. EMORY, BISHOP MUSEUM, 6/24/41)."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 2 Dec 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
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: E2838-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Net
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 108.5 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 44.9 cm