Necklace Of Teeth
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1 Jan 1867
name: label: Donor Name
content: John Varden
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "IF THIS IS THE SAME SPECIMEN AS ONE OF PORPOISE TEETH WITH NO. 5370 TAG ON IT. IT IS PROBABLY SOLOMONS."
label: Notes
content: Formerly on exhibit in NHB Hall 8, case 38, where it was identified as Solomon Islands, and exhibit label also indicated that it was used both as ornaments and as currency. Locality attribution changed from Fiji to Solomon islands, 16 Feb 2007.
label: Notes
content: Attributed as collected by the U.S. Exploring Expedition/Wilkes Expedition on the catalogue card, however Jane Walsh doubts that attribution.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 5 Sep 2023
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Solomon Islands, Melanesia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 68A00002
label: USNM Number
content: E5370-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Necklace