Fish Hook
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: CARVED PEARL SHELL HOOK IS J-SHAPED. THE HOOK IS WITHOUT ANY WRAPPING OR LINE. MARKS> WRITTEN ON HOOK, "2846 NUKUORO CAR. I.". NOTE ON OLD CATALOGUE CARD STATES,"ORIGINALLY CATALOGUED AS FIJI, AND SO GIVEN IN PEALE CATALOG, BUT IS UNDOUBTEDLY FROM ELSEWHERE. AN IDENTICAL SPECIMEN IS ILLUSTRATED IN BEASLEY, PLATES CLVII AND CLVIII AS FROM NUKUORO (CAROLINE ISLANDS)." S.H. RIESENBERG. THIS PEALE NUMBER HAS BEEN ARBITRARILY ASSIGNED TO THIS CATALOGUE NUMBER FOR PURPOSES OF IDENTIFICATION.
label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "ORIGINALLY CATALOGED AS FIJI, AND SO GIVEN IN PEALE CATALOG, BUT IS UNDOUBTEDLY FROM ELSEWHERE. AN IDENTICAL SPECIMEN IS ILLUSTRATED IN BEASLEY, PLATES CLVII AND CLVIII AS FROM NUKUORO (CAROLINE ISLANDS)."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 31 Jul 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Nukuoro Atoll, Pohnpei State, Federated States of Micronesia, Micronesia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Caroline Islanders
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 66A00050
label: USNM Number
content: E2846-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Hook
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 3.5 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 2.6 cm