Feather Wand, "Kahili"
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: A BAMBOO ROD WHICH HAS VARIOUS TYPES OF BIRD FEATHERS ATTACHED BY MEANS OF A VEGETABLE FIBER CORD LASHING. THE OBJECT IS CALLED A "KAHILI," AND THE FEATHERS ARE BROWN, BLACK, GREYISH BLUE AND WHITE IN COLOR. PROBABLY CHICKEN AND DUCK FEATHERS. HAS ORIGINAL PEALE TAG. THIS OBJECT WAS FOR SOME REASON RECATALOGUED IN 1874 AS #14272; BOTH CATALOGUE NUMBERS LIST THE SAME ORIGINAL PEALE NUMBER. THERE A FEW OTHER WILKES OBJECTS WHICH HAVE UNDERGONE SIMILAR RENUMBERING, FOR A VARIETY OF REASONS.
label: Notes
content: Object was on display in National Museum of Natural History exhibit "Na Mea Makamae o Hawai'i - Hawaiian Treasures", 2004-2005.
label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "THIS MAY BE THE SAME AS CAT. NO. 14272. SR 8/31/60-DITTO M.C."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 6 May 2024
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Hawaii (Hawaiʻi), United States, Polynesia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Hawaiian (Kanaka ʻŌiwi, Kanaka Maoli)
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 66A00050
label: USNM Number
content: E3575-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Standard
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 56.3 cm