Bonito Fish Hook
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: COMPOSITE HOOK FOR BONITO FISHING. THE SHANK IS MADE FROM PEARL SHELL AND THE HOOK FROM CARVED BONE WHICH IS ATTACHED TO THE SHANK BY MEANS OF TWISTED AND BRAIDED VEGETABLE FIBER. THE HOOK IS FITTED WITH A KNOTTED COCONUT FIBER CORD BAG CASE. MARKS> "2844 SOCIETY I." PUBLICATION: ILLUS. IN PROCEEDINGS, USNM, VOL. 60, PL. 26, NO. 6, P. 48. NOTE ON OLD CATALOGUE CARD STATES, "ORIGINALLY CATALOGUED AS FIJI, AS IT APPEARS IN PEALE CATALOG BUT IS A SOCIETY TYPE. SHR [CURATOR SAUL H. RIESENBERG]. 3/6/61". EXHIBITED MAGNIFICENT VOYAGERS, NATIONAL MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY, 1985-86. EXHIBITED SITES "MAGNIFICENT VOYAGERS," 1987-90.
label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "ORIGINALLY CATALOGED AS FIJI, AS IT APPEARS IN PEALE CATALOG BUT IS A SOCIETY TYPE. SHR. 3/6/61. IS FITTED WITH A KNOTTED BAG CONTAINER. ILLUS. IN PROCEEDINGS, USNM, VOL. 60, P1. 26, NO. 6, P.48."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 16 Apr 2017
label: Specimen Count
content: 2
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: E2844-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Fishhook / Bag
physicalDescription: label: Length - Hook
content: 12 cm
label: Length - Line
content: 91 cm