Tortoise Shell Scraper
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: WEDGE-SHAPED STRIP OF TORTOISE SHELL WHICH IS SERRATED AT THE WIDER END. IT IS USED TO SCRAPE OUT COCONUT SHELLS. HAS REMNANT OF ORIGINAL PEALE TAG. ORIGINALLY CATALOGUED AS A CHISEL. LENT TO THE BISHOP MUSEUM IN 1978, RETURNED 1978.
label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "WEDGE-SHAPED STRIP OF TORTOISE SHELL, SERRATED ON WIDE END. LOANED TO BISHOP MUSEUM 1/23/78. RETURNED FROM BISHOP MUSEUM 2/15/78."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 18 Sep 2019
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Penrhyn Atoll, Cook Islands, Polynesia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Tongarevan
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 66A00050
label: USNM Number
content: E3814-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Scraper
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 18.8 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 2.4 cm