Fly Whisk
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: FLY WHISK WITH A CARVED WOODEN HANDLE TO WHICH ARE ATTACHED BUNDLES OF COCONUT FIBERS, WHICH ARE BRAIDED AT THE POINT OF ATTACHMENT TO THE HANDLE. THE BRAIDS EXTEND APPROX. 2 CM., AND FROM THERE THE FIBERS HANG FREELY. WRITTEN ON WHISK, "TONGATABU, WILKES EX EX". EXAMINED AND SAMPLED BY KENNETH P. EMORY, BISHOP MUSEUM, JUNE 1941. EXHIBITED MAGNIFICENT VOYAGERS, NATIONAL MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY, 1985-86.
label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "L. OF WHISK, 14". DIA. OF HANDLE, .5", THROUGHOUT. (THIS INFORMATION GIVEN BY K. P. EMORY, BISHOP MUSEUM, 6/24/41)."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 30 Jul 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Tongatapu Group, Tonga, Polynesia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Tongan
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 66A00050
label: USNM Number
content: E3580-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Fly Whisk
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 63 cm
label: Length - Handle
content: 26 cm