Fish Hook
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1858
label: Collection Date
content: 1838 to 1842
name: label: Collector
content: W. M. McLain
label: Donor Name
content: United States Exploring Expedition
notes: label: Notes
content: ONE PEARL SHELL "TANGORO" FISH HOOK WITH COCONUT FIBER SNOOD WHICH IS LOOPED AND LASHED AROUND THE TOP OF THE HOOK. THERE IS A PROJECTING KNOB, WHICH IS PARTIALLY HIDDEN UNDER THE COCONUT FIBER WRAPPING. HAS ORIGINAL PEALE TAG, A PAPER LABEL ONCE ATTACHED READS, "COLLECTED BY W.M. MCLAIN". THIS OBJECT WAS ON PERMANENT EXHIBIT IN THE PACIFIC HALL, NATIONAL MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY, 1989 [that exhibit dismantled in 2004]. THERE IS NO W.M. MCLAIN LISTED IN THE PUBLISHED LIST OF OFFICERS AND MEN FROM THE EXPEDITION, BUT IT MAY HAVE BEEN PRESENTED TO THE EXPEDITION BY THIS PERSON.
label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "LABEL READS: "COLLECTED BY W. M. MCLAIN"."
label: Notes
content: SI ARCHIVE DISTRIBUTION DOCUMENTS SAY SENT TO E.R. BEADLE, PA, 1867.
label: Notes
content: See also E4842, also from W. M. McLain.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 16 May 2024
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Napuka Island, Disappointment Islands, Tuamotu Archipelago, France, Polynesia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Tuamotuan
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 66A00050
label: USNM Number
content: E3678-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Fish Hook
physicalDescription: label: Length - Cord And Hook
content: 36 cm
label: Width - Hook
content: 8.5 cm