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 FISH 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. A SMALL BUNCH OF BRISTLES (PIG?) IS LASHED TO THE BASE OF THE HOOK. NOTE ON OLD CATALOGUE CARD STATES, "ORIGINALLY CATALOGUED AS FIJI AS IT APPEARS IN PEALE CATALOG, BUT IS A SOCIETY TYPE. SHR. 3/6/61". LENT TO THE BISHOP MUSEUM 1/3/78 AND RETURNED 2/15/78.
label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "ORIGINALLY CATALOGED AS FIJI, AS IT APPEARS IN PEALE CATALOG, BUT IS A SOCIETY TYPE. SHR. 3/6/61 SHANK OF PEARL SHELL; HOOK OF CARVED BONE ATTACHED WITH SENNIT CORD." [back of card]: "LOANED TO BISHOP MUSEUM 1/23/78. RETURNED FROM BISHOP MUSEUM 2/15/78."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 18 Sep 2019
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
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: E2842-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Hook
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 9 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 3.4 cm