Food Dish
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1858
label: Collection Date
content: Jun 1840
name: label: Collector
content: Titian R. Peale
label: Donor Name
content: United States Exploring Expedition
notes: label: Notes
content: CARVED, WOODEN, OVAL-SHAPED DISH WITH FOUR TAPERED FEET AND A SMALL LUG ON UNDERSIDE WITH TWO HOLES FOR A SUSPENSION CORD. THIS IS MOST LIKELY A FOOD DISH, RATHER THAN A OIL DISH AS PEALE DESCRIBED IT. HAS ORIGINAL PEALE TAG; ALSO WRITING READ UNDER ULTRA VIOLET LIGHT SAYS, "FEEJEE DISH, 1066, T.R. PEALE SANDALWOOD BAY ISL OF VENUA LEVU JUNE 8TH, 1840". OLD 19TH OR EARLY 20TH CENTURY EXHIBIT LABEL READS, "FOOD DISH CARVED FROM A SINGLE PIECE OF HEAVY, DARK-REDDISH WOOD. ELLIPTICAL; SUPPORTED ON FOUR LEGS. LUG ON THE UNDER SIDE FOR SUSPENSION. SAMOAN ISLANDS, 1839...". EXHIBITED MAGNIFICENT VOYAGERS, NATIONAL MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY, 1985-86. EXHIBITED SITES "MAGNIFICENT VOYAGERS," 1987-89.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 30 Jul 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Sandalwood Bay (Bua/Mbua Bay), Vanua Levu Island, 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: E3356-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Dish
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 43 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 23.5 cm
label: Height - Object
content: 8.5 cm