Wooden Ruvettus Fish-Hook
date: label: Accession Date
content: 26 Oct 1874
label: Collection Date
content: 1838 to 1842
name: label: Collector
content: Major William Rich
label: Collector
content: United States Exploring Expedition
label: Donor Name
content: Prof Spencer F. Baird
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "ACCORDING TO GUDGER (AMAP 28, PT. 3, P. 256) COLLECTED BY MAJOR RICH IN 1874 [sic]. ORIGINALLY CATALOGED AS FROM BOWDITCH BUT PER GUDGER (P.266) IS TONGA. ILLUS. IN GUDGER (FIG. 46, P. 267)."
label: Notes
content: Anthropology catalogue ledger book lists Major William Rich as collector as well. 1874 collection date is in question, as that is the date of donation, not necessarily of collection. Object may well have been collected by Rich when he was on the U.S. Exploring Expedition of 1838 - 1842.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 30 Jul 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Tonga, Polynesia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 74A00057
label: USNM Number
content: E15109-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Fishhook