Fly Whisk
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: CARVED BONE HANDLE TO WHICH ARE ATTACHED BUNDLES OF COCONUT FIBERS, WHICH ARE BRAIDED AT THE POINT OF ATTACHMENT TO THE HANDLE. THE BRAIDS EXTEND APPROX. 2 CM.,AND FROM THERE THE FIBERS HANG FREELY. EXHIBITED MAGNIFICENT VOYAGERS, NATIONAL MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY, 1985-86.
label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "3576-7. BONE HANDLES."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 2 Dec 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Tongatapu Group, 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: 66A00050
label: USNM Number
content: E3576-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Fly Whisk
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 60 cm
label: Length - Handle
content: 25 cm