Hafted Shell Adze
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1858
label: Collection Date
content: 1838 to 1842
name: label: Donor Name
content: United States Exploring Expedition
notes: label: Notes
content: CAMEO-SHELL ADZ HAFTED TO INVERTED L-SHAPED WOODEN HANDLE BY MEANS OF TWISTED COCONUT FIBER CORD. HAS ORIGINAL PEALE TAG. PUBLICATION: KENNETH P. EMORY, "MATERIAL CULTURE OF THE TUAMOTU ARCHIPELAGO," P. 112-113, ILLUS. FIG. 91A. EXHIBITED MAGNIFICENT VOYAGERS, NATIONAL MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY, 1985-86. EXHIBITED SITES "MAGNIFICENT VOYAGERS," 1987-89.
label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "3687-90. LOAN: SITES JAN 9 1987. MAGNIFICENT VOYAGERS." FROM CARD: "CONSISTS OF A RIGHT-ANGLE PIECE OF WOOD, INTO WHICH IS INSERTED A COLUMN OF A CONCH SHELL, AND SIMPLE BOUND HAFTING WITH SENNET FIBER. REFER TO HOUGH: "SYNOPTIC SERIES". P.15, ADZE NO. 2 WHERE IT IS INCORRECTLY IDENTIFED AS FROM FLORIDA. USNM PROCEEDINGS, VOL. 60: PL. 15."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 26 Jan 2017
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Napuka Island, Disappointment Islands, Tuamotu Archipelago, France, Polynesia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Tuamotuan
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 66A00050
label: USNM Number
content: E3687-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Adze
physicalDescription: label: Length - Overall
content: 35 cm
label: Length - Shell
content: 6.5 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 15.5 cm