Shell Fish Hooks
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1858
label: Collection Date
content: 1838 to 1842
name: label: Collector
content: Lt. William M. Walker
label: Donor Name
content: United States Exploring Expedition
notes: label: Notes
content: SMALL FISH HOOKS MADE IN ONE CIRCULAR PIECE OF BLACK-LIP OYSTER SHELL WITH COCONUT FIBER SNOOD ATTACHED. FIELD #: 766, 780-81, 785-790. THERE WERE ORIGINALLY TEN HOOKS LISTED IN THE LEDGER, SIX HAVE BEEN LOCATED IN STORAGE, SOME MAY HAVE BEEN EXCHANGED IN THE 1860'S. EXHIBITED MAGNIFICENT VOYAGERS, NATIONAL MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY, 1985-86.
label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "ALL ONE PIECE CIRCULAR BLACK-LIP OYSTER SHELL WITH SNOOD ATTACHED. ALL 6 FOUND 3/10/61. INVENTORIED 1975."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 26 Jan 2017
label: Specimen Count
content: 8
place: label: Place
content: Penrhyn Atoll, Cook Islands, Polynesia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Tongarevan
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 66A00050
label: USNM Number
content: E3826-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Fish Hook
physicalDescription: label: Length - 1 Of 3
content: 3 cm
label: Length - 2 Of 3
content: 4 cm
label: Length - 3 Of 3
content: 5 cm
label: Width - 1 Of 3
content: 2.3 cm
label: Width - 2 Of 3
content: 2.6 cm
label: Width - 3 Of 3
content: 3.5 cm