Shell Fish Hook
date: label: Accession Date
content: 18 Jun 1886
name: label: Collector
content: Anthony James
label: Donor Name
content: Stephen James
notes: label: Notes
content: While the accession file lists this as collected on Vancouver Island, it has been identified as originally made in Pohnpei. See p. 220 (ill. *13) in Blau, Daniel, Klaus Maaz, Anthony J. P Meyer and Sydney Picasso. 2023. Fish Hooks of the Pacific Islands : A Pictorial Guide to the Fish Hooks from the Peoples of the Pacific Islands. Vol II. Munich: Daniel Blau. Identified as a Pohnpei shell fish hook with twisted plant fiber leader.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 27 Feb 2024
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Vancouver Island / Pohnpei Island, British Columbia / Pohnpei State, Canada / Federated States of Micronesia, North America / Micronesia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 017655
label: USNM Number
content: E126887-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Fish Hook