Pearl Shell Scraper
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1858
label: Collection Date
content: 1838 to 1842
name: label: Donor Name
content: United States Exploring Expedition
notes: label: Notes
content: WEDGE-SHAPED STRIP OF PEARL SHELL WHICH IS SERRATED AT THE WIDER END. IT IS USED TO SCRAPE OUT COCONUT SHELLS. LENT TO THE BISHOP MUSEUM IN 1978, RETURNED 1978. ORIGINALLY CATALOGUED AS A CHISEL.
label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "WEDGE-SHAPED SECTION OF PEARL SHELL, SERRATED ON WIDE END. LOANED TO BISHOP MUSEUM 1/23/78. RETURNED FROM BISHOP MUSEUM 2/15/78. INVENTORIED 1975.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 31 Jul 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Penrhyn Atoll, Cook Islands, Polynesia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Tongarevan
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: E3815-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Scraper
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 18.3 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 3.6 cm