Bone Breast Plate
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1858
label: Collection Date
content: 1838 to 1842
name: label: Collector
content: Major William Rich
label: Donor Name
content: United States Exploring Expedition
notes: label: Notes
content: WHALEBONE BREAST PLATE SUSPENDED ON A NECKLACE OF COCONUT SHELL BEADS, STRUNG ON A TWISTED COCONUT FIBER CORD. THE WHALE BONE HAS TWO SMALL HOLES DRILLED AT THE TOP WHERE THE NECKLACE IS ATTACHED. HAS ORIGINAL PEALE TAG. THIS BONE BREAST PLATE IS NEARLY IDENTICAL TO CATALOGUE NUMBER 15099, WHICH IS PART OF THE COLLECTION PURCHASED BY SPENCER BAIRD FROM THE ESTATE OF THE EXPEDITION BOTANIST, MAJOR WILLIAM RICH WHO ALSO COLLECTED THIS SPECIMEN. EXHIBITED MAGNIFICENT VOYAGERS, NATIONAL MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY, 1985-86.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 2 Oct 2019
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Kiribati Islands, Kiribati, Micronesia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Gilbertese
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 66A00050
label: USNM Number
content: E3655-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Breast Plate
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 32.2 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 12.5 cm