Betelnut Cutter (Tiheras Pugua) And Sheath
date: label: Accession Date
content: 6 Jul 1998
name: label: Donor Name
content: National Endowment for the Arts
notes: label: Notes
content: BETELNUT CUTTER (1 OF 2): SCISSOR-LIKE TOOL W/ BROAD SHARP BLADE ON TOP COUNTERED BY GROOVED RECIPROCAL BAR AT BOTTOM. PIVOTED AT FRONT. BOW HANDLES COVERED IN CLEAR PLASTIC TUBING. ON ONE SIDE "GUAM" INCISED, ON THE OTHER "JFL". METAL COATED. SHEATH (2 OF 2): 2 PIECES OF LEATHER BOUND BY BROWN PLASTIC BRAIDING ALONG EDGE. METAL SNAP ATTACHES TOP FLAP TO BOTTOM. EMBOSSED ON SHEATH'S TOP AND SURRONDED BY BROWN PLASTIC BRAIDING IS TERRITORY OF GUAM'S SYMBOL. BOTTOM PORTION OF SHEATH'S FRONT DECORATED WITH STAMPED DESIGNS. CENTRAL IS IMAGE OF A LATTE STONE (STONE PILLARS OF ANCIENT HOUSES NOTABLE FOR THEIR 2 PIECE CONSTRUCTION, THE SUPPORTING COLUMN 'HALAGI' TOPPED WITH A CAPSTONE 'TASA').
label: Record Last Modified
content: 11 Mar 2025
label: Specimen Count
content: 2
place: label: Place
content: Guam (Guåhan), United States, Micronesia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Chamoru (CHamoru, Chamorro)
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 420704
label: USNM Number
content: E428721-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Scissors
physicalDescription: label: Length - Betel Nut Cutter
content: 15 cm
label: Width - Betel Nut Cutter
content: 7.3 cm
label: Height - Betel Nut Cutter
content: 1 cm
label: Length - Heath
content: 27 cm
label: Width - Heath
content: 10 cm
label: Height - Heath
content: 1 cm