Sennit Large Roll
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1858
label: Collection Date
content: 1838 to 1842
name: label: Collector
content: Lt. Cadwalader Ringgold
label: Donor Name
content: United States Exploring Expedition
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "3314-15. (NO. 3315 BEARS TAG SAYING "LT. RINGGOLD. LOMOLOMA, FIJI")."
label: Notes
content: Peale catalogue identifies #s 1732 - 1738 as "Sinnet, or braided cord, made from the husk of the cocoa-nut principally used in building, by the Fiji Islanders."
label: Notes
content: Cylindrical rope spool or roll. Wound rope of braided coconut fiber sennit "magimagi".
label: Record Last Modified
content: 30 Jul 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Lomaloma (not certain), Vanua Balavu Island (not certain) / Lomaloma (not certain), Lau Islands (not certain), 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: E3315-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Sennit
physicalDescription: label: Diameter - Object
content: 23.5 cm
label: Length - Object
content: 55.5 cm