Fish Hook
date: label: Accession Date
content: 25 Aug 2003
label: Collection Date
content: 1953
name: label: Collector
content: Dr. Frederick M. Bayer
label: Donor Name
content: Dr. Frederick M. Bayer
notes: label: Notes
content: Curved shank of pearl shell. Hook probably of turtle shell. Remnants of feather lure attached to bottom tip of shank. Hook attached to shank by means of 3 sections of twisted fiber threaded through 3 holes. Lower 2 fibers wrapped around shank. Upper fiber runs length of shank in a triple cord and attaches through a hole drilled in the top end of the shank. A detached piece of twisted, looped cord is associated. "Bonito hook, Ifaluk Atoll, 1953, F.M.B." written on shank.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 2 Dec 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Ifalik Atoll, Yap State, Federated States of Micronesia, Micronesia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Ifalik
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 2028523
label: USNM Number
content: E432074-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Fish Hook
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 10.4 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 1.9 cm
label: Height - Object
content: 2.8 cm