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. REMNANT OF ORIGINAL PEALE TAG "-34". THIS HOOK ALONG WITH FIVE OTHERS WERE ERRONEOUSLY IDENTIFIED BY TITIAN PEALE AS TAHITIAN, THEY WERE CORRECTLY IDENTIFIED BY SAUL RIESENBERG IN 1960.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 26 Jan 2017
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: E3642-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Fish Hook
physicalDescription: label: Length - Line
content: 52 cm
label: Length - Hook
content: 15 cm
label: Width - Line
content: 4 cm
label: Width - Hook
content: 5 cm