Belt
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: WIDE, FINELY WOVEN BELT OF VEGETABLE FIBER WITH BANDS OF BLACK, BROWN, LIGHT (FADED) REDDISH-PINK AND NATURAL TAN COLORED BORDERS. MARKS> REMNANT OF ORIGINAL PEALE TAG "-53", ALSO OLD TAG READS, "BOX 70 V[INCENNES] SINGAPORE, EGOY I.". OLD EXHIBITION LABEL READS, "BELT - A BROAD BAND, WOVEN OF VEGETABLE FIBER OF VARIOUS COLORS. OLD AND WORN IN APPEARANCE. WORN BY MEN, 5' LONG, 7 1/2" WIDE. P.C. WINSLOW OF THE SHIP 'JOHN HOWLAND' OF NEW BEDFORD, PRESENTED BY." OLD TAG INDICATES THAT THE BELT WAS COLLECTED AT SINGAPORE PRESUMABLY WHEN THE EXPEDITION MET UP WITH THE "JOHN HOWLAND" WHOSE CAPTAIN HAD COLLECTED NUMEROUS BELTS FROM THE CAROLINE GROUP.
label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "A BROAD BAND, WOVEN OF VEGETABLE FIBER OF VARIOUS COLORS. OLD AND WORN IN APPEARANCE. WORN BY MEN. PRESENTED BY P. C. WINSLOW, SHIP "JOHN HOWLAND," NEW BEDFORD, TO THE EXPEDITION. THOUGH ORIGINAL LABEL SAID EGOY I., WHICH IS PROBABLY IN CAROLINE I, THIS COULD NOT BE FOUND 8/17/44 RAE.JR. LATER IT WAS DETERMINED TO BE ULITHI I. - S. RIESENBERG."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 30 Jul 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Ulithi Atoll, Yap State, Federated States of Micronesia, Micronesia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Micronesian
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 66A00050
label: USNM Number
content: E5701-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Belt
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 150 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 20 cm