Fish Hook And Line
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1858
label: Collection Date
content: 1838 to 1842
name: label: Collector
content: Lt. Cadwalader Ringgold
label: Donor Name
content: United States Exploring Expedition
notes: label: Notes
content: LARGE COMPOSITE HOOK MADE WITH A SHANK OF WHALE BONE WHICH IS BACKED BY A PLATE OF PEARL SHELL WITH A TORTOISE SHELL HOOK. IT IS ATTACHED TO A BRAIDED WHITE VEGETABLE FIBER LINE WHICH IS TIED TO A LARGE COILED SKEIN OF HEAVIER BRAIDED COCONUT FIBER LINE. THIS HOOK ALONG WITH FIVE OTHERS WERE ERRONEOUSLY IDENTIFIED BY TITIAN PEALE AS TAHITIAN, THEY WERE CORRECTLY IDENTIFIED BY SAUL RIESENBERG IN 1960. EXHIBITED MAGNIFICENT VOYAGERS, NATIONAL MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY, 1985-86. EXHIBITED SITES "MAGNIFICENT VOYAGERS," 1987-89.
label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "SHANK OF WHALE IVORY BACKED BY PLATE OF PEARL SHELL; HOOK OF TURTLE SHELL ATTACHED TO COIL OF BRAIDED SENNIT. IDENTIFIED AS TONGA (S. RIESENBERG, 12/30/1960. PEALE CATALOG OF U.S. EX. EX. SPECIMENS LISTS THESE AS TAHITIAN, BUT HE SEEMS TO HAVE MIXED THESE HOOKS UP WITH A SET OF TAHITIAN ONES WHICH HE CALLS FIJIAN (2842-2846, ORIG. NO.1914 -1917). LOANED TO BISHOP MUSEUM 1/23/78. RETURNED FROM BISHOP MUSEUM 2/15/78. LOAN: SITES JAN 9 1987. MAGNIFICENT VOYAGERS."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 19 Dec 2023
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Tonga, Polynesia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Tongan
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 66A00050
label: USNM Number
content: E3640-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Fish Hook
physicalDescription: label: Length - Line
content: 70 cm
label: Length - Hook
content: 18 cm
label: Width - Line
content: 8 cm
label: Width - Hook
content: 6.5 cm