Comb
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1858
label: Collection Date
content: 1838 to 1842
name: label: Collector
content: United States Exploring Expedition
label: Donor Name
content: United States Exploring Expedition
notes: label: Notes
content: ELONGATED COMB MADE OF A RAFT OF TEN BLACKENED, COCONUT LEAF MIDRIBS LASHED TOGETHER WITH COIR FIBERS, & PANDANUS LEAF IN AN DECORATIVE PATTERN. AT THE TOP IS A DECORATIVE BOW OF PANDANUS. HAS ORIGINAL PEALE TAG. EXHIBITED MAGNIFICENT VOYAGERS, NATIONAL MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY, 1985-86. EXHIBITED SITES "MAGNIFICENT VOYAGERS," 1987-89. THIS COMB HAD BEEN CATALOGUED AS T-12129, BUT WAS IDENTIFIED AS #3196 UNDER BLACKLIGHT.
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: E3196-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Comb
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 20 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 2.1 cm