Composite Bonito Fish-Hook
date: label: Accession Date
content: 26 Oct 1874
label: Collection Date
content: 1838 to 1842
name: label: Collector
content: Major William Rich
label: Collector
content: United States Exploring Expedition
label: Donor Name
content: Prof Spencer F. Baird
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "BEARS COLLECTOR'S NAME "MAJOR RICH". ORIGINALLY CATALOGED AS SAMOAN, BUT BECAUSE OF PRESENCE OF TWO WEDGES OF COCONUT PINNULES BETWEEN HOOK AND SHANK IT WOULD BE ELLICE IS. (OR POSSIBLY PUKAPUKA) SHR. 3/6/61. THE SECOND ONE OF THIS NUMBER, 15106, CONSISTS ONLY OF THE SHANK, THE HOOK BEING MISSING, WITH A SMALL PORTION OF WHIPPED LINE THROUGH THE SHANK HOLE, AND COULD BE SAMOAN AS ORIGIALLY CATALOGED."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 2 Dec 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Tuvalu, Polynesia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 74A00057
label: USNM Number
content: E15106-1
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Fishhook