Ornamental Bone Comb
date: label: Accession Date
content: 15 Jun 1875
label: Collection Date
content: 1874 to 1875
name: label: Collector
content: Transit Of Venus Expedition
label: Donor Name
content: Transit Of Venus Expedition
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "PRESENTED TO EXPED. FROM PRIVATE COLLN. SPECIMEN SAID TO BELONG TO "POKAU" (OR PAKAU). FIGD. BY SKINNER, J.P.S. 39, 1930, P. 284. MADE OF WHALE BONE; THREE OF THE NINE ORIGINAL TEETH BROKEN. SKINNER CONSIDERS SPECIMEN MADE WITH FINE STEEL SAW. DECORATED HEAD OF COMB BEARS A CARVED INWARD-FACING MANAIA. A UNIQUE SPECIMEN BECAUSE OF ITS GREAT LENGTH."
label: Notes
content: Illus. Pl. 7, a - c, and described p. 24 - 25 in Keyes, Ian W. 1967. New Zealand Artifacts from the United States "Transit of Venus Expedition," 1874-1875. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press. In Smithsonian Contributions to Anthropology, 2 (2). https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00810223.2.2.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 23 Apr 2025
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Riverton, South Island (Te Waipounamu) / Southland, New Zealand (Aotearoa), Polynesia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Maori
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 003939
label: USNM Number
content: E21247-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Comb
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 29.2 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 5.7 cm