Human hair for wig
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1858
label: Collection Date
content: 1838 to 1842
name: label: Collector
content: Lt. Joseph A. Underwood
label: Donor Name
content: United States Exploring Expedition
notes: label: Notes
content: A BUNDLE OF LIGHT BROWN TO GOLDEN COLORED, TIGHTLY CURLED HUMAN HAIR, WHICH IS USED IN MAKING WIGS. ORIGINALLY CATALOGUED AS "MOSS FOR MAKING WIGS". COLLECTOR LT. UNDERWOOD WAS ONE OF THE OFFICERS KILLED ON THE ISLAND OF MALOLO BY FIJIANS.
label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "1 BUNDLE."
label: Notes
content: Peale catalogue identifies # 1815 as "Fiji hair discolored by lime, and used for wig making."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 28 Aug 2023
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: E4380-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Wig
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 30 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 22 cm
label: Minimum Height - Object
content: 8 cm
label: Maximum Height - Object
content: 10 cm