Stick Chart
date: label: Accession Date
content: 26 Mar 1998
label: Collection Date
content: 1973
name: label: Collector
content: Mary V. Trent
label: Donor Name
content: Mary V. Trent
notes: label: Notes
content: COMPOSED OF MANY PIECES OF WOOD OF VARIED LENGTHS, WHICH ARE TIED W/ CELLULOSE FIBER. AT VARIOUS IRREGULAR INTERVALS WHITE UNIVALVE SHELLS (25 IN TOTAL) TIED TO STICKS. STICKS ARE ARRANGED AT RIGHT ANGLES, DIAGONALS AND IN 3 PLACES CURVED INTO U-SHAPE.
label: Notes
content: This chart is generally rectangular, with a triangular shape added above the rectangle at one end and a smaller triangle added at the other, so from one perspective the chart looks like a low-lying boat with a sail hoisted in the back. The chart is composed of thin, narrow flat sticks of various lengths tied together by cellulose fiber into a grid, with the sticks crossing each other at various angles and three arced into a "U" shape, with two more displaying a slight arc. The sticks indicate a topographic map of the wave or water surface action near and around known reefs, islands and other features. The shells sometimes indicate these non-water features. An arced stick usually indicates a dominant wave pattern near an island.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 24 Feb 2023
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Marshall Islands, Micronesia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Marshallese
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 416128
label: USNM Number
content: E428750-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Navigation Chart
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 80.5 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 39.5 cm
label: Height - Object
content: 2.5 cm