Shell Ornaments "Meleagrina" [Pinctada]
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1858
label: Collection Date
content: 1838 to 1842
name: label: Collector
content: George W. Hammersley
label: Collector
content: Charles Erskine
label: Donor Name
content: United States Exploring Expedition
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "DANISH NATL MU 1868." FROM 19TH OR EARLY 20TH CENTURY EXHIBIT LABEL WITH CARD: "4542. BREAST ORNAMENTS (2).-PEARL SHELLS, AVICULA MARGARITIFERA, HEART-SHAPED, AND PIERCED WITH TWO HOLES FOR SLINGING. ONE HAS CORD 64 INCHES LONG ATTACHED; THE OTHER HAS NO CORD. LENGTH, 4 3/4 INCHES. FIJI ISLANDS, 1840. 4,542. COLLECTED BY CHAS. ERSKINE, O. S., U.S. EXPLOR. EXPEDITION, CAPT, CHAS. WILKES, U.S.N."
label: Notes
content: Peale catalogue identifies # 1582 - 1618 as "Shells, worn as ornaments suspended from the neck, by the native Fiji Islanders."
label: Notes
content: Shells #1 of 5 and # 5 of 5 (Peale # 1615) are both marked "by C. Erskine Ex Ex b. 32".
label: Record Last Modified
content: 31 Jul 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 5
place: label: Place
content: Fiji, 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: 66A00050
label: USNM Number
content: E4542-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Ornament
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 12.07 cm