Shark Hook
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: LARGE WOODEN, COMPOSITE, U-SHAPED SHARK HOOK WITHTWO WRAPPINGS OF COCONUT BAST WITH COCONUT FIBER CORD LASHING, AND A BRAIDED COCONUT FIBER CORD LINE. THE POINT IS A SHARPENED WOODEN TIP. HAS ORIGINAL PEALE TAG. IDENTIFIED BY S. RIESENBERG AS BOWDITCH ISLAND, RATHER THAN KINGMILL. EXHIBITED MAGNIFICENT VOYAGERS, NATIONAL MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY, 1985-86. EXHIBITED SITES "MAGNIFICENT VOYAGERS," 1987-89.
label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "KINGSMILL" PER PEALE CATALOG, BUT "BOWDITCH" (FAKAOFO) PER GUDGER (AMER. MUS. ANTHRO. PAPERS 28 PART 3, FIGS 64 & 66 C). LOAN: SITES JAN 9 1987. MAGNIFICENT VOYAGERS."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 17 Feb 2021
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Fakaofo Atoll, Tokelau Islands, New Zealand (Aotearoa), 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: 66A00050
label: USNM Number
content: E3682-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Hook
physicalDescription: label: Length - Hook
content: 14 cm
label: Unknown - Point
content: 6 cm