Shark Hook
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: LARGE WOODEN, L-SHAPED, SHARK HOOK WITH TWISTED COCONUT FIBER CORD LASHING, AND A BRAIDED COCONUT FIBER CORD LINE. THE POINT HAS A SHARPENED WOODEN TIP. HAS ORIGINAL PEALE TAG. EXAMINED BY K.P. EMORY, JUNE 1941.
label: Notes
content: ROM CARD: "CAT. 3672, ORIG. 629. WOODEN HOOK, SHARK. 9.5" HIGH. SENNIT SNOOD. ORIG. CAT. "628,629 WOODEN FISH HOOKS MADE AND USED BY THE KINGSMILL ISLANDERS." (THIS INFORMATION GIVEN BY K. P. EMORY, BISHOP MUSEUM, 6/24/41)."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 30 Jul 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Kiribati Islands, Kiribati, Micronesia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Gilbertese
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 66A00050
label: USNM Number
content: E3672-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Hook
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 24.5 cm