Feather Headband
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1858
label: Collection Date
content: 1838 to 1842
name: label: Collector
content: D. Smith
label: Donor Name
content: United States Exploring Expedition
notes: label: Notes
content: OLD EXHIBIT LABEL READS, "(3) NARROW HEAD-BANDS OF PANDANUS LEAVES, FITTED WITH CORDS OR TIES OF SAME AND ORNAMENTED ON EXTERIOR WITH RED FEATHERS - WORN ONLY BY CHIEFS - MUTHUATA 1 1/2" W X 20" CIRC."
label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "WORN BY THE CHIEFS."
label: Notes
content: Peale catalogue identifies # 1803 - 1808 as ""Vou-kula" Head band of scarlet feathers, worn over the turban. Fiji."
label: Notes
content: As of 2014, this is broken/fragmentary.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 3 Jul 2017
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Muthuata (Macuata-i-wai) Island, Fiji, Melanesia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Fijian
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 66A00050
label: USNM Number
content: E3030-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Headband
physicalDescription: label: Width - Object
content: 3.8 cm
label: Circumference - Object
content: 51 cm