Fish Hook And Line
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1858
label: Collection Date
content: 1838 to 1842
name: label: Collector
content: Lt. Cadwalader Ringgold
label: Donor Name
content: United States Exploring Expedition
notes: label: Notes
content: LARGE COMPOSITE HOOK MADE WITH A SHANK OF WHALE BONE WHICH IS BACKED BY A PLATE OF PEARL SHELL WITH A TORTOISE SHELL HOOK. IT IS ATTACHED TO A BRAIDED WHITE VEGETABLE FIBER LINE WHICH IS TIED TO A LARGE COILED SKEIN OF HEAVIER BRAIDED COCONUT FIBER LINE. HAS ORIGINAL PEALE TAG [number 733]. THIS HOOK ALONG WITH FIVE OTHERS WERE ERRONEOUSLY IDENTIFIED BY TITIAN PEALE AS TAHITIAN, THEY WERE CORRECTLY IDENTIFIED BY SAUL RIESENBERG IN 1960.
label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "3639-42. 3641 COIL L. 2' 1 1/2", "L. 6 3/4". SHANK OF WHALE IVORY BACKED BY PLATE OF PEARL SHELL, HOOK OF TURTLE SHELL ATTACHED TO COIL OF BRAIDED SENNIT. IDENTIFIED AS TONGA (S. H. RIESENBERG, 12/30/60 PEALE CATALOG OF U.S. EX. EX. SPECIMENS LISTS THESE AS TAHITIAN, BUT HE SEEMS TO HAVE MIXED THESE HOOKS UP WITH A SET OF TAHITIAN ONES WHICH HE CALLS FIJIAN (2842-2846, ORIG. NO. 1914-1919). FOUND 1976 BGS."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 14 Jun 2018
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: 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: E3641-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Fish Hook
physicalDescription: label: Length - Line
content: 61 cm
label: Length - Hook
content: 17 cm
label: Width - Line
content: 6.5 cm
label: Width - Hook
content: 5.8 cm