Fetish Board, Whalebone (Timoika)
date: label: Accession Date
content: 24 Jan 1888
label: Collection Date
content: 18 Dec 1886 to 31 Dec 1886
name: label: Collector
content: Maj. William J. Thomson
label: Donor Name
content: U. S. Department of the Navy
label: Expedition
content: Mohican Survey of Easter Island
label: Vessel
content: U.S.S. Mohican
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "ILLUS IN USNM AR 1889 PL.53, FIG 3; P.534. DESCRIPTION IN P.536. OVAL. 16.5" L.; 8.75" W. " Formerly on exhibit in NHB Hall 8, case 4, where object was identified as a bone dance wand with incised figures. BW Neg. #93-16093 is view of side one of wand (with incised figures). BW Neg. #93-16094 is view of side two of wand.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 27 Aug 2021
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Easter Island (Rapa Nui), Chile, 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: 020078
label: USNM Number
content: E129742-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Fetish Board
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 41.9 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 22.22 cm
label: Weight - Object
content: 475.5 g