Sun Shade
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1858
label: Collection Date
content: 1838 to 1842
name: label: Collector
content: Titian R. Peale
label: Donor Name
content: United States Exploring Expedition
notes: label: Notes
content: LARGE COCONUT PALM LEAF WHICH IS NEARLY CIRCULAR IN SHAPE. THE EDGES ARE SEWN AROUND A VINE OR THIN BRANCH WHICH HAS BEEN TIED IN A CIRCLE. THE STEM OF THE LEAF IS THE HANDLE, AND IT IS UNDECORATED. EXHIBITED MAGNIFICENT VOYAGERS, NATIONAL MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY, 1985-86. THE SUN SHADE WAS T-12297, BUT THE ORIGINAL CATALOGUE NUMBER WAS READ UNDER ULTRA VIOLET LIGHT.
label: Notes
content: Peale catalogue identifies # 1897 - 1900 as "Sunshades: made of palm leaf and used by Chiefs only: Fiji Islands."
label: Notes
content: Palm frond with handle formed by bending up stem. Edges bound with three woody fibers on each side attached to the palm with sennit braid. Shape is large, pointed oval.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 30 Jul 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Fiji, Melanesia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Fijian
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 66A00050
label: USNM Number
content: E3281-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Sun Shade
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 62.5 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 55.5 cm
label: Length - Handle
content: 34 cm