Purse
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
label: Expedition
content: Transit Of Venus Expedition
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "COLLECTOR TRANSIT OF VENUS EXPEDITION, 1874-75 (AT RIVERTON) [which is on the southern part of South Island, New Zealand, opposite Stewart Island]. (PRESENTED TO EXPED. AT RIVERTON FROM PRIVATE COLLN.) SMALL, MODERN FLAX (PHORMIUM TENAX) PURSE, FOLLOWING EUROPEAN STYLE, WITH TRIANGULAR FLAP AND CARRYING HANDLE. THIN STRIPS USED IN WEAVE, 2 MM WIDE. DIAGONAL PATTERN OF BLACK (DYED) STRIPS IN BOTH DIRECTIONS GIVING OPEN-SQUARE DESIGN. EDGE OF FLAP BOUND WITH MATERIAL STITCHED THROUGH THE WEAVE. INVENTORIED 1975."
label: Notes
content: Illus. Pl. 7, e, and described p. 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: Stewart Island (Rakiura), 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: E21246-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Purse
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 26.1 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 21 cm