Specimens of Straw Plait
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: THREE NARROW (1 CM. WIDTHS) STRIPS OF WOVEN VEGETABLE FIBER, A LIGHT YELLOWISH-TAN IN COLOR, VERY FINELY WOVEN. WAS ORIGINALLY ONE CONTINUOUS STRIP - BROKEN INTO THREE PIECES.
label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "INVENTORIED 1975. LOANED TO BISHOP MUSEUM 1/23/78. RETURNED FROM BISHOP MUSEUM 2/15/78."
label: Notes
content: Peale catalogue identifies # 847 as "Plated straw for making bonnets, from the female seminary at Maui Hawaiian Islds."
label: Notes
content: The records indicate this was collected at the "female seminary" on Maui. This is presumed to be the Wailuku Female Seminary for Hawaiian Girls, run by the Reverend Jonathan Smith Green and his wife Theodosia starting in 1837, and located in Wailuku, Maui. Edward Bailey and his wife Caroline later took over the running of the Wailuku Female Seminary.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 18 May 2021
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Wailuku, Maui Island, Hawaii (Hawaiʻi), United States, Polynesia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Hawaiian (Kanaka ʻŌiwi, Kanaka Maoli)
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 66A00050
label: USNM Number
content: E3520-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Braid
physicalDescription: label: Length - Strip 1
content: 77 cm
label: Length - Strip 2
content: 8.5 cm
label: Length - Strip 3
content: 9.5 cm
label: Width - All 3 Strips
content: 1 cm