Meat Hanger Of Human Figure & Disk
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: FROM CARD: "ARTICLES TO BE KEPT FROM THE RATS ARE SUSPENDED FROM THE FEET OF THIS IMAGE. SEE. CASSIN VOL. OF MAN & BIRDS OF EX. EX. 41. DISK HAS DIA. OF 16.5",6" THICK; OVERALL HEIGHT: 27 1/8". ORIG. CAT. "1573 PROVISION SAFE. IT IS SUSPENDED FROM THE UPPER PART OF THE DWELLING OF THE FIJI ISLANDERS, AND SERVES TO KEEP RATS FROM ALL ARTICLES OF FOOD, WHICH MAY BE HUNG ON THE HOOKS AT THE FEET OF THE IMAGE." (THIS INFORMATION GIVEN BY K. P. EMORY, BISHOP MUSEUM, 6/24/41."
label: Notes
content: Carved from wood. There are two pieces; one is a standing human female figure, the other a large circular disk which fits over a post on the former, forming a shelf.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 30 Jul 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 2
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: E3000-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Food Hanger
physicalDescription: label: Diameter - Disk
content: 41.9 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 15 cm
label: Total Height - Object
content: 68.898 cm