2 Fishhooks, Iron Barbs & (Haliotis) Pearl Lures
date: label: Collection Date
content: 1829 to 1830
name: label: Collector
content: Dr F. Wessels
label: Donor Name
content: Accession Number Unknown
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "ORIGINALLY CATALOGED AS "KINGSMILL" BUT THE LURE IS HALIOTIS IRIS [paua shell], WHICH OCCURS ONLY IN NEW ZEALAND. SAME TYPE ILLUSTRATED IN FIG. 4, P. 17, OF BEASLEY, "FISH HOOKS," AS NEW ZEALAND. ONLY ONE OF THESE 2 HOOKS FOUND 3/3/61. S.H.R. BOTH FOUND 9/30/66. SHR. INVENTORIED 1975. LOAN: SITES JAN 9 1987. MAGNIFICENT VOYAGERS."
label: Notes
content: Catalog card says donor is Wilkes Exploring Expedition, but Dr. Wessels is listed as the donor in the Anthropology catalogue ledger book for E3679, and that may possibly apply to E3680 as well? The original accession number is unknown, but it is *not* a Wilkes/U.S. Exploring Expedition piece, per Jane Walsh. Wessels is probably the same person referenced in other records as Dr. F. Wessels of the U.S. Navy. Some records for material from Wessels list a donation? date of 1830. It is possible this object, if it is a Wessels piece, and also other Wessels pieces, may have come as part of the National Institute collections. See Anthropology ledger book for Catalogue No. E5740, which is definitely from Wessels, but where the ledger book entry also lists "National Institute." If this is a Wessels piece, and from the National Institute collections, this may be part of either National Institute Accession No. 81 or 135? See also remarks for E2126.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 25 Apr 2025
label: Specimen Count
content: 2
place: label: Place
content: New Zealand (Aotearoa), Polynesia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Maori
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 000000
label: USNM Number
content: E3680-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Fishhook
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object (Smaller)
content: 7.1 cm
label: Width - Object (Smaller)
content: 1.8 cm
label: Width - Object (Larger)
content: 2 cm
label: Length - Object (Larger)
content: 7.4 cm