Pearl Fish-Hook
date: label: Accession Date
content: 8 Dec 1882
name: label: Donor Name
content: James T. Brown
notes: label: Notes
content: This object is described on p. 89 of Brown, James Temple. 1883. The whale fishery and its appliances. Washington: Govt. print. off.. It is identified there as "Shell Hook. Shank made from the hinge of a pearl-bearing shell (Avicula margaritifera); hook portion of border of probably the same species, made fast to shank with a seizing of some vegetable fiber. Length, 5 inches. New Bedford, Massachusetts, 1882. U.S. Fish Commission. Called "Kanaka hook" by whalemen, the word "Kanaka" being vaguely and comprehensively applied to articles obtained from the islands of the South Pacific."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 19 Apr 2016
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Marshall Islands, Micronesia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 82A00028
label: USNM Number
content: E68139-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Fishhook