Ornamented Catskin
date: label: Accession Date
content: 28 Aug 1889
label: Collection Date
content: Oct. 16, 1846
name: label: Collector
content: Capt Joseph G. Bruff
label: Collector
content: Martin H. Johnson
label: Donor Name
content: Mrs. Joseph G. Bruff
notes: label: Notes
content: From card: "On this specimen was an old tag, apparently from the donor [sic, collector], which reads as follows: 'Tann'd skin said to be of a cat: handsomely ornamented by the natives of Otaheita, Sandwich Islands. From Martin H. Johnson, Esq. Oct. 16, 1846.' This would imply there had been some confusion in the mind of the original owner, about Tahiti and Hawaii, and the former appears to be in error, because the design indicates that it probably is from Hawaii. - S. Riesenberg, 1958. This is a whole skin with hair removed, well tanned, and decorated in circular bands running around the skin, of various geometric designs in hairlines in black and wider ones in red."
label: Notes
content: In 2005, Dr. Adrienne Kaeppler examined this object and noted that the decoration design style is not typically Hawaiian, therefore object has been stored with Polynesia general.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 22 Apr 2024
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Hawaii (Hawaiʻi), United States, Polynesia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 022308
label: USNM Number
content: E130820-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Catskin