Olona Fiber Twine
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1858
label: Collection Date
content: 1838 to 1842
name: label: Collector
content: Titian R. Peale
label: Donor Name
content: United States Exploring Expedition
notes: label: Notes
content: SKEIN OF VERY FINE "OLONA" FIBER CORD WITH TWO BAMBOO NETTING NEEDLES IN PLACE. THE BAMBOO NEEDLES TAPER TO A POINT AT EACH END. A LABEL READS, "TWINE &C FOR MAKING SEINE..SANDWICH ..TWISTED BY HAND T[ITIAN]. R. P[EALE].". EXAMINED AND SAMPLED BY KENNETH P. EMORY, BISHOP MUSEUM, JUNE 1941. ACCORDING TO PIILANI, MINNIE AND WILLIAM KAAWALOA, 1985: THE OBJECT IS CALLED "KAULA....OF OLONA FIBER...USED FOR BINDING CANOES, DRUMS AND USED FOR FISHING." EXHIBITED MAGNIFICENT VOYAGERS, NATIONAL MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY, 1985-86.
label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "TWO BAMBOO NETTING NEEDLES IN PLACE WITH HANK OF FINE OLONA NET FIBRE. THE BAMBOO NEEDLES ARE 11 INCHES LONG, TAPERING TO A POINT AT EACH END, REACH A MAX. WIDTH OF 1/4". SPOOL & C. (THE ABOVE INFORMATION GIVEN BY K.P. EMORY, BISHOP MUSEUM, 6/24/41.)"
label: Record Last Modified
content: 17 Jul 2024
label: Specimen Count
content: 2
place: label: Place
content: Hawaii (Hawaiʻi), United States, Polynesia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Hawaiian (Kanaka ʻŌiwi, Kanaka Maoli)
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 66A00050
label: USNM Number
content: E3644-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Cord / Netting Needle
physicalDescription: label: Unknown - Needles,
content: 28 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 0.64 cm