Necklace Of Strombus Gibberulus Shells
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: Original catalogue ledger book identifies this object as a necklace of Strombus Giberulus (sic, should be Gibberulus), i.e. a necklace of sea snail shells. "Giberulus" was mistranscribed in the second copy ledger book and the catalogue card as "Gebemles." White shells on a fiber cord.
label: Notes
content: Forty shells with perforations of oval shape and varied size on one side of shell to facilitate stringing on a thread. Shells were restrung on linen thread by a conservator in 1984; shells were arranged by size, the smaller ones at both ends and the larger ones in the middle.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 19 Jul 2015
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Fiji, Melanesia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Fijian
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 66A00050
label: USNM Number
content: E3170-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Necklace