Cord Made Of Human Hair
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1858
label: Collection Date
content: 1838 to 1842
name: label: Donor Name
content: United States Exploring Expedition
notes: label: Notes
content: STRANDS OF BRAIDED AND TWISTED HUMAN HAIR PRESUMABLY USED TO MAKE NECKLACES. THERE ARE VARIOUS SIZES AND THICKNESSES OF BRAIDS. HAS ORIGINAL PRINTED LABEL ATTACHED - "3803 - 802 - PENRHYNS ISLAND NECKLACE OF HUMAN HAIR".
label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "HUMAN HAIR NECKLACE OF CORD (TWINE) PLUS SOME BROAD BRAID. ABOUT 8 STRANDS OF COARSE TWINE AND BRAID, MIXED. NOT IN SHAPE OF NECKLACE, JUST CORD. (THIS INFORMATION GIVEN BY K. P. EMORY, BISHOP MUSEUM, 6/24/41). INVENTORIED 1975."
label: Notes
content: Peale catalogue identifies #s 801 - 810 as "Ornaments made of human hair by the natives of Penrhyns Island."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 28 Aug 2023
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Penrhyn Atoll, Cook Islands, Polynesia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Tongarevan
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 66A00050
label: USNM Number
content: E3803-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Cord
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 33 cm