Fan
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1858
label: Collection Date
content: 1838 to 1842
name: label: Collector
content: George W. Hammersley
label: Donor Name
content: United States Exploring Expedition
notes: label: Notes
content: "IIRI," COCONUT LEAF FAN WHICH IS BOUND AROUND THE EDGE WITH A FINE CORD OF BRAIDED COCONUT FIBER. THE BODY OF THE SPADE-SHAPED FAN IS COMPOSED OF SIMPLE TWILL WORK COCONUT LEAF PLAITING WITH SOME HYBISCUS STRIPS. THE HANDLE IS WRAPPED WITH PANDANUS AND BRAIDED COCONUT FIBER IN A CHECKERBOARD PATTERN, AND COVERED WITH A LAYER OF REDDISH HYBISCUS. THIS PEALE NUMBER HAS BEEN ARBITRARILY ASSIGNED TO THIS CATALOGUE NUMBER FOR PURPOSES OF IDENTIFICATION.
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: E4583-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Fan
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 37.5 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 36 cm