Comb For The Hair
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1858
label: Collection Date
content: 1838 to 1842
name: label: Collector
content: Charles Erskine
label: Donor Name
content: United States Exploring Expedition
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "[E1751-1] SEVENTEEN MID-RIBS OR STEMS OF COCOANUT LEAVES, SECURED SIDE BY SIDE WITH THREADS OF VEGETABLE FIBER. L. 8 3/8", W. 1".
label: Notes
content: From Card: "CAT 1751 [E1751-1]: COMB, 8 3/4" LONG, 17 MID-RIBS, SECURED BY SENNIT FIBRES, UNSTAINED. CAT. 1751A [E1751-0]: COMB, 5 1/4" LONG; 1 3/4" MAX. WIDTH, 1 1/4" MIN. WIDTH. 23 MID-RIBS BOUND WITH HUMAN HAIR. (THE ABOVE INFORMATION GIVEN BY K.P. EMORY, BISHOP MUSEUM, 6/24/41.)"
label: Notes
content: COMBS MADE OF A RAFT OF COCONUT LEAF MIDRIBS LASHED TOGETHER WITH COIR FIBERS FORMING A DESIGN. ONE COMB (E1751-1) HAS NO DESIGN, SIMPLY TWO LINES OF FIBER. HAS REMNANT OF ORIGINAL PEALE NUMBER ON ONE (E1751-2). ONE OF THE COMBS (E1751-2) HAD BEEN GIVEN T-17600, BUT WAS IDENTIFIED UNDER ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT. HAS 22 TEETH. EXHIBITED MAGNIFICENT VOYAGERS, NATIONAL MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY, 1985-86. EXHIBITED SITES "MAGNIFICENT VOYAGERS," 1987-89.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 30 Jul 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Fiji, Melanesia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Fijian
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 66A00050
label: USNM Number
content: E1751-1
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Comb
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 21.3 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 2.4 cm