Stilt Step
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1858
label: Collection Date
content: 1838 to 1842
name: label: Collector
content: Lt. Thomas A. Budd
label: Donor Name
content: United States Exploring Expedition
notes: label: Notes
content: CARVED HARDWOOD STILT STEP WITH SEVERAL STYLIZED HUMAN FACES AND FIGURES, A HUMAN-LIKE FIGURE WITH AN ELONGATED NOSE, AND GEOMETRIC DESIGNS AT THE TOP OF THE STEP. THE PIECE HAS BEEN BROKEN OFF SLIGHTLY AT THE BOTTOM. HAS ORIGINAL PEALE TAG, PAPER TAG READS, "ONE BOW, 5 ARROWS 1 -, 1 PIECE STILT LT. BUDD VINCENNES U.S. EX EX". PUBLICATION: ILLUS. IN PROCEEDINGS, USNM, VOL. 79, ART. 30, PL. 13 (LEFT), P. 54. THIS OBJECT WAS ON PERMANENT EXHIBIT IN NMNH PACIFIC CULTURES EXHIBIT HALL 8, CASE 8, FROM 1962 TILL IT WAS REMOVED AND EXHIBITED IN "MAGNIFICENT VOYAGERS," NATIONAL MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY, 1985-86.
label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "3791-3. NO.3792 - ILLUS. IN PROCEEDINGS, USNM, VOL. 79, ART. 30; PL. 13 LEFT; P. 54. MARQUESAS (DR. RALPH LINTON)."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 30 Jul 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Marquesas Islands, France, Polynesia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Marquesan
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 66A00050
label: USNM Number
content: E3792-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Stilt Step
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 43.1 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 27.9 cm