Pandanus Leaf Elephant
date: label: Accession Date
content: 23 Aug 2000
label: Collection Date
content: 1990's
name: label: Collector
content: Dr. Adrienne L. Kaeppler
label: Donor Name
content: National Museum of Natural History
notes: label: Notes
content: PANDANUS LEAF BASKETRY PLAITED AROUND UNKNOWN CORE IN FORM OF AN ELEPHANT. STANDING ON 4 LEGS W/ TRUNK UPRAISED. GREEN COLORED PANDANUS HAIR ON HEAD. EAR'S EDGES MARKED W/ GREEN PANDANUS. EYES CIRCLE OF BLACK DYE. BACK COVERED W/ GREEN AND YELLOW DYED THREADS OF PANDANUS. ALONG BELLY CENTRAL SEAM OF CELLULOSE FIBER. ACCORDING TO ADRIENNE KAEPPLER OBJECTS 428796 AND 428797 DEPICT NON-NATIVE ANIMALS TO THE PACIFIC THAT "ARE NOW MADE AS TOYS AND AS TOURIST OBJECTS. THEY INDICATE THE USE OF TRADITIONAL MATERIALS TO MAKE SOMETHING ENTIRELY DIFFERENT'."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 30 Jul 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Not Given, Tonga, Polynesia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Tongan
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 416174
label: USNM Number
content: E428796-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Figure
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 26.5 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 8.5 cm
label: Height - Object
content: 17.5 cm