Dress Ornament, 2 Curved Boar'sTeeth
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: FROM CARD: "FOR THE FOREHEAD."
label: Notes
content: FROM 19TH OR EARLY 20TH CENTURY EXHIBIT LABEL WITH CARD 3049: "HEAD-DRESS.--TUSKS OF SWINE, SUS SCROFA, JOINED AT ROOTS TO FORM A CRESCENT ORNAMENT, AND LASHED WITH A CORD OF PLAITED VEGETABLE FIBER. BREADTH, 5 1/4 INS. HEIGHT, 4 INS. FIJI ISLANDS, 1840. 3,049. (COLLECTED BY C. ERSKINE, ON EXPEDITION.) U.S. EXPLOR. EXPEDITION, CAPT. CHAS. WILKES, U.S.N."
label: Notes
content: Peale catalogue identifies #s 1650 and 1651 as "Neck ornaments made of Boars tusks. Fiji Islands."
label: Notes
content: Object has original Peale # label.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 29 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: E3049-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Ornament
physicalDescription: label: Width - Object
content: 13.34 cm
label: Height - Object
content: 10 cm