Netting Shuttle
date: label: Accession Date
content: 22 May 2013
label: Collection Date
content: 1973
name: label: Collector
content: Richard Feinberg
label: Donor Name
content: Richard Feinberg
notes: label: Notes
content: Carved wooden shuttle / netting needle, with deep groove along both sides, and large "eye" at each end.
label: Notes
content: Tika tia kupenga ('net-making neddle') made from toa (ironwood or casuariua). Feinberg did not see people in the 1970s making nets. He would guess people had access to these objects, but is not certain. Anutans do not use nets as much as other Pacific Islanders. (Per curator Joshua Bell; notes from speaking to Feinberg, Aug 16, 2012.)
label: Record Last Modified
content: 2 Dec 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Anuta Island, Solomon Islands, Melanesia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Anutan
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 2059846
label: USNM Number
content: E433232-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Netting Shuttle
physicalDescription: label: Length
content: 34.9 cm
label: Width
content: 2 cm
label: Diameter
content: 2 cm