Shark Hook And Line
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 SHARK HOOK WHICH IS WRAPPED AT THE BASE AND TOP OF THE HOOK WITH BAST & PANDANUS FIBER & IS ATTACHED TO A LONG WIDE BRAIDED COCONUT FIBER LINE. PUBLICATION: ILLUSTRATED IN GUDGER, FIGS. 18 & 19, PP. 229-230; ILLUS. BUCK, "ETHNOLOGY OF TONGAREVA," BISHOP MUSEUM, BULLETIN 92, FIG. 62. EXAMINED BY KENNETH P. EMORY, JUNE 1941.
label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "CAT. 3673, ORIG. 762. ORIG. CAT.: "762-765 FISH HOOKS MADE OF WOOD AND USED FOR CATCHING SHARKS BY THE NATIVES OF PENRHYN I." 9.1" HIGH. SNOOD, 3' LONG COIR BRAID, WRAPPED WITH BAST, PANDANUS LEAF? (THIS INFORMATION GIVEN BY K.P. EMORY, BISHOP MUSEUM, 6/24/41). 3673 - ILLUS. IN GUDGER, FIGS. 18 & 19, PP 229-230. ALSO IN BUCK (ETHNOLOGY OF TONGAREVA), BISHOP. MUS. BULLETIN 92, FIG. 62."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 30 Jul 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Penrhyn Atoll, Cook Islands, Polynesia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Tongarevan
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 66A00050
label: USNM Number
content: E3673-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Hook
physicalDescription: label: Length - Hook
content: 23.5 cm
label: Length - Line
content: 100 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 11 cm