Shell necklace
date: label: Accession Date
content: 17 Feb 2017
label: Collection Date
content: 2013
name: label: Collector
content: Jean T. Chapman-Mason
label: Donor Name
content: Jean T. Chapman-Mason
notes: label: Notes
content: "a short, shell necklace made from rito fibers, and 34 pupu raro ara (Melampus luteus), a landsnail." "Pupu raro ara is literally 'snail shell from under the pandanus tree'. necklace made by Mangarongaro woman living in Rarotonga. This type of necklace worn by young women as adornment, contemporary. Rito fiber is derived from immature coconut leaves which have been boiled. Rito is white when undyed."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 26 Aug 2016
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Rarotonga, Cook Islands, Polynesia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Cook Islands Maori
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 2069807
label: USNM Number
content: E433829-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Necklace
physicalDescription: label: Length
content: 21 cm
label: Width
content: 18 cm