Fish Hook
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1858
label: Collection Date
content: 1838 to 1842
name: label: Collector
content: Lt. George F. Emmons
label: Donor Name
content: United States Exploring Expedition
notes: label: Notes
content: CARVED TORTOISE SHELL HOOK WHICH IS WRAPPED AT THE BASE WITH A LONG, TWISTED, COCONUT FIBER CORD. MARKS> WRITTEN ON HOOK, "2843 PONAPE". NOTE ON OLD CATALOGUE CARD STATES, "ORIGINALLY CATALOGUED AS FIJI, AND SO GIVEN IN PEALE CATALOG. NOW IDENTIFIED AS PONAPE ON BASIS OF PLATE CXLVIII IN BEASLEY. S.H.R. [CURATOR SAUL H. RIESENBERG] 3/10/61".
label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "ORIGINALLY CATALOGED AS FIJI, AND SO GIVEN IN PEALE CATALOG. NOW IDENTIFIED AS PONAPE ON BASIS OF PLATE CXLVIII IN BEASLEY. S.H.R. 3/10/61."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 16 Apr 2017
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Pohnpei Island, Pohnpei State, Federated States of Micronesia, Micronesia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Caroline Islanders
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 66A00050
label: USNM Number
content: E2843-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Hook
physicalDescription: label: Length - Hook
content: 5 cm
label: Length - Line
content: 87 cm