Fan
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1858
label: Collection Date
content: 1838 to 1842
name: label: Collector
content: George W. Hammersly
label: Donor Name
content: United States Exploring Expedition
notes: label: Notes
content: VERY FINELY WOVEN FAN, EMPLOYING WHAT APPEARS TO BE PALM LEAF RIBS WHICH ARE WRAPPED WITH STRIPS MADE FROM THE LEAF. THE HANDLE WHICH FORMS PART OF THE FAN IS WRAPPED AT THE END WITH A FINELY TWISTED AND BRAIDED COCONUT FIBER CORD. HAS ORIGINAL PEALE TAG; ALSO A PRINTED LABEL READS, "G.W. HAMMERSLY, FAN, SANDWICH ISLES (CROSSED OUT) SAMOA, TONGA K.P.E.". EXAMINED AND IDENTIFIED BY KENNETH P. EMORY, BISHOP MUSEUM, JUNE 1941. EXHIBITED MAGNIFICENT VOYAGERS, NATIONAL MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY, 1985-86. EXHIBITED SITES "MAGNIFICENT VOYAGERS," 1987-89.
label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "COCONUT LEAF, WRAPPED HANDLE, WRAPPED WITH FINE SENNIT BRAID. ".G. W. HAMMERSLEY". (THIS INFORMATION GIVEN BY K. P. EMORY, BISHOP MUSEUM 6/24/41)."
label: Notes
content: Discussed p. 262 in Kaeppler, Adrienne L. 2019. "A Kato Mosi Kaka and other Treasures from Tonga from the US Exploring Expedition." In Collecting and Provenance: A Multi-Disciplinary Approach. Milosch, Jane and Pearce, Nick, editors. 257–268. Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield. Identified as i fan.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 16 Sep 2024
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Tongatapu Group, 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: E3517-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Fan
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 38 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 26 cm