Shell Ornaments, Rings Of Troch. Nilotecny
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 19TH OR EARLY 20TH CENTURY EXHIBIT LABEL WITH CARD: "4,559-63. BRACELETS (6)-LOWER WHORLS OF THE TROCHUS NILOTICUS, NEATLY GROUND INTO RINGS; EXTERIORS SERRATED AND CARVED IN SEMBLANCE OF ENGRAVED SETTING. INNER DIAMETERS, 2 1/2 TO 3 1/8 INCHES. FIJI ISLANDS, 1840. 4,559, 3,054, 4,563. U.S. EXPLOR. EXPEDITION, CAPT. CHAS. WILKES, U.S.N."
label: Notes
content: 2 ARMLETS OR BRACELETS; ONE BROKEN.
label: Notes
content: Peale catalogue identifies this object as a shell amulet. "Troch. Nilotecny" is probably Trochus niloticus, a.k.a. Tectus niloticus, the commercial top shell.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 31 Jul 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 3
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: E4559-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Bracelet