Hoe / Digging Stick
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: COMBINATION HOE / DIGGING STICK FORMED BY TWO WOODEN STICKS; THE VERTICAL ONE HAS A SHARPENED POINT AT THE BOTTOM WITH A BAND OF SHARKSKIN JUST ABOVE IT ACTING AS AS STOP. THE HORIZONTAL STICK IS ATTACHED AT NEARLY A RIGHT ANGLE TOWARD THE TOP AND IS WRAPPED AT THE INTERSECTION WITH ANOTHER BAND OF SHARKSKIN. THE CROSS PIECE ALSO HAS A SHARPENED POINT AND PRESUMABLY WAS USED AS A HOE, OR PICK. THERE IS A BRAIDED COCONUT FIBER CORD LOOP AT THE TOP. HAS ORIGINAL PEALE TAG; AND WRITTEN ON OBJECT "KINGSMILL IS., EX EX B[OX] 23. V[INCENNES]."; EX EX 3634 KINGSMILL IS".
label: Record Last Modified
content: 11 Feb 2025
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Kiribati, Micronesia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Gilbertese
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 66A00050
label: USNM Number
content: E3634-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Hoe
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 77 cm