Conch Shell Signaler or Trumpet
date: label: Accession Date
content: 25 Aug 2003
label: Collection Date
content: 1953
name: label: Collector
content: Dr. Frederick M. Bayer
label: Donor Name
content: Dr. Frederick M. Bayer
notes: label: Notes
content: Conch shell used for signaling. Has 1.5 cm. round hole located 8.5 cm. from pointed end. Four strand 31 cm. knotted twine cord attached through hole drilled at top Detached separate piece (81 cm. length) of 2 ply twisted fiber with 3 knots is associated. A similar conch shell (E392651) was also donated by Frederick M. Bayer (in 1954), who wrote on a tag attached to that object: "Trumpet of Charonia tritonis called 'tawi' in the native language. Ifalik Atoll, Central Caroline Islands, Oct. 1953 F.M.B. These trumpets are blown by the chiefs to summon the citizens to a gen'l meeting, etc. Also used by the navigator and canoe captains to ward off bad or threatening weather."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 10 Jun 2023
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Ifalik Atoll, Yap State, Federated States of Micronesia, Micronesia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Ifalik
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 2028523
label: USNM Number
content: E432069-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Trumpet
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 26 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 10.1 cm
label: Height - Object
content: 11.9 cm