Nails (Kugi)
date: label: Accession Date
content: 9 Mar 1859
name: label: Donor Name
content: Emperor Of Japan
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "THESE ARE WHAT ARE KNOWN AS "CUT NAILS", THAT IS CUT BY MACHINE FROM A SHEET OF METAL, TO PRODUCE A TAPERED SQUARE-SHANKED NAIL WITH A HEAD MADE BY POUNDING DOWN THE LARGER END."
label: Notes
content: See Chang-Su Houchins. 1995. Artifacts of Diplomacy: Smithsonian Collections from Commodore Matthew Perry's Japan Expedition (1853-1854). Smithsonian Contributions to Anthropology, Number 37. P 117 and 118 (13 small-size nails; 3 large-size nails)
label: Record Last Modified
content: 30 Jul 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 16
place: label: Place
content: Japan, Asia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 199043
label: USNM Number
content: E355-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Nail
physicalDescription: label: Length - Small Size
content: 5 cm
label: Length - Large Size
content: 7.8 cm