Shell Necklace
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: SMALL WHITE SHELL DISC BEADS STRUNG WITH FOUR CYLINDRICAL STONE (MAGNESITE?) BEAD ORNAMENTS. OLD 19TH OR EARLY 2OTH CENTURY EXHIBIT LABEL WITH CARD READS, "NECKLACE - WHITE DISKS OF WAMPUM [sic, shell beads] 1/8" IN LENGTH AND 1/4" IN DIAM., STRUNG WITH 8 LARGE SAFFRON COLORED BEADS CUT FROM STONE. LENGTH 20"." ›THERE ARE ONLY FOUR ON THIS STRAND, AND THE NECKLACE IS 8 INCHES DOUBLE -16". HAS ORIGINAL PEALE TAG.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 19 May 2022
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: California, United States, North America
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: E2633-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Necklace
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 44 cm