Olona Fiber Twine
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: THREE SKEINS OF FINE TWISTED "OLONA" FIBER CORD. USED FOR MAKING FISHING NETS, ETC. A LABEL READS, "SANDWICH ISLANDS HANKS OF NATIVE TWINE - 867". 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 ... IT HAD MANY USES ... NOT JUST USED FOR FISHING BUT FOR SEWING, AND BINDING MANY THINGS TOGETHER. "EXHIBITED MAGNIFICENT VOYAGERS, NATIONAL MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY, 1985-86.
label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "HANK OF FINE OLONA CORD. SAMPLE TAKEN BY MR. K. P. EMORY, BISHOP MUSEUM, 6/24/41). INVENTORIED 1975."
label: Notes
content: Finely spun, Z twist, 2-ply yarn.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 30 Jul 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
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: E3643-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Cord