Fly Whisk
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: CARVED WOODEN HANDLE WHICH IS SLIGHTLY FLARED AT THE END, AND ATTACHED TO NUMEROUS BRAIDED COCONUT FIBERS. THE BRAIDED PORTION IS JUST AT THE POINT OF ATTACHMENT TO THE HANDLE AND CONTINUES FOR 3.5 CM., THEN THE FIBERS EXTEND FREELY. HAS ORIGINAL PEALE TAG; ALSO "5099 FIJI WILKES" READ UNDER BLACK LIGHT. THIS PIECE ALSO HAD A LABEL WHICH READS, "3578 TONGATAPU," WHEN IT WAS FOUND THAT THE ORIGINAL PEALE NUMBER CORRESPONDED WITH S.I. NUMBER 5099, THE SECOND NUMBER (3578) WAS REMOVED.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 30 Jul 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Tongatapu Group, Tonga, Polynesia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Tongan
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: E5099-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Fly Whisk
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 67.5 cm
label: Length - Handle
content: 32 cm