Shark Skin Rasp
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: CYLINDRICAL SECTION OF A VERY LIGHT-WEIGHT WOOD WHICH IS WRAPPED WITH A PIECE OF SHARK (OR STINGRAY) SKIN AND ATTACHED BY MEANS OF WOODEN PEGS. HAS ORIGINAL PEALE TAG. RASPS SUCH AS THIS ARE DESCRIBED BY KENNETH P. EMORY AS BEING WRAPPED WITH STINGRAY SKIN IN THE "MATERIAL CULTURE OF THE TUAMOTU ARCHIPELAGO," 1975.
label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "IT WAS SUGGESTED THIS WAS RAY SKIN, RATHER THAN SHARK."
label: Notes
content: Peale catalogue identifies the Tahitian name for this object as "iri."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 31 Jan 2017
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Tahiti, Society Islands, France, Polynesia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Tahitian
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 66A00050
label: USNM Number
content: E3656-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Rasp
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 42.5 cm
label: Depth - Object
content: 6 cm