Pandanus Leaf Horse
date: label: Accession Date
content: 23 Aug 2000
label: Collection Date
content: 1990's
name: label: Collector
content: Dr. Adrienne L. Kaeppler
label: Donor Name
content: National Museum of Natural History
notes: label: Notes
content: PANDANUS LEAF BASKETRY PLAITED AROUND UNKNOWN CORE IN FORM OF A HORSE. STANDINGON 4 LEGS, HORSE HAS RAISED MANE, UPRIGHT EARS, AND TAIL COMPOSED OF LOOSELY WOVEN PANDANUS FIBERS. HORSE'S EYES, REINS, BRIDLE AND SADDLE ARE MADE FROM BROWN CELLULOSE FIBER BASKETRY. HORSE'S MANE DECORATED ON EITHER SIDE W/ TRIANGLES, WHILE EACH SIDE OF HORSE'S BODY HAS 2 FLOWERS. ALL OF THESE MOTIFS ARE MADE FROM BRWON CELLULOSE FIBER AND ARE STITCHED ONTO THE HORSE'S BODY. ACCORDING TO ADRIENNE KAEPPLER OBJECTS 428796 AND 428797 DEPICT NON-NATIVE ANIMALS TO THE PACIFIC THAT "ARE NOW MADE AS TOYS AND AS TOURIST OBJECTS. THEY INDICATE THE USE OF TRADITIONAL MATERIALS TO MAKE SOMETHING 'ENTIRELY DIFFERENT.'"
label: Record Last Modified
content: 30 Jul 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Not Given, 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: 416174
label: USNM Number
content: E428797-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Figure
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 51 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 12.5 cm
label: Height - Object
content: 39 cm