Reed Bead Necklaces (2)
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1858
label: Collection Date
content: 1839 to 1840
name: label: Collector
content: Horatio Hale
label: Donor Name
content: United States Exploring Expedition
notes: label: Notes
content: TWO NECKLACES, OR STRANDS OF REED BEADS, EACH BEAD IS APPROXIMATELY 4 CM. LONG. OLD EXHIBIT LABEL READS,"(2) SECTIONS OF REED, 1/8 INCH LONG AND 1/8 INCH IN DIAMETER, STRUNG ON CORD OF TWISTED SINEW. ONE IS COMPOSED OF SIX STRINGS AND THE OTHER NINE, JOINED TOGETHER AT ONE POINT FROM WELLINGTON VALLEY, NEW SOUTH WALES." EXHIBITED MAGNIFICENT VOYAGERS, NATIONAL MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY, 1985-86.
label: Notes
content: FROM 19TH OR EARLY 20TH CENTURY EXHIBIT LABEL WITH CARD: "NECKLACES (2).-SECTIONS OF REED, 1/8 INCH LONG AND 1/8 INCH IN DIAMETER, STRUNG ON CORD OF TWISTED SINEW. ONE IS COMPOSED OF SIX STRINGS, THE OTHER OF NINE, JOINED TOGETHER AT ONE POINT. FROM WELLINGTON VALLEY, NEW SOUTH WALES. LENGTHS, 26 AND 28 INCHES. AUSTRALIA, 1839. 5,802. U.S.EXPLOR. EXPEDITION, CAPT. CHAS. WILKES, U.S.N."
label: Notes
content: Peale catalogue identifies # 540 as "Bugang" or beads made of reeds from Wellington valley, New South Wales."
label: Notes
content: The Church Missionary Society had a mission in Wellington Valley to the Wiradjuri people which Horatio Hale of the U.S. Exploring Expedition visited, so Hale presumably collected these objects. See Chapter 8 in Volume 2, beginning at p. 256 http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/21946758, of Wilkes, Charles, 1798-1877: Narrative of the United States Exploring Expedition, During the Years 1838, 1839, 1940, 1841, 1842 (5 volumes; Philadelphia: Lea and Blanchard, 1845), where the trip by Hale to Wellington Valley is discussed. Also, the diary of Wellington Valley missionary Reverend James Günther notes: "Jany 26 [26 January 1840] We had visit to day from Mr Hale; an American Gentleman, belonging to the U.S. Squadron, at present in Sydney harbour. His professed object is to make collections of different languages. He has been on many of the Mission Stations in the South seas." - James Günther, Journal 8: 1840, p.12., Class Mark: C N/O 47/13., MS page no: 3-187, in Hilary M. Carey and David A. Roberts (eds.). The Wellington Valley Project. Letters and Journals relating to the Church Missionary Society Mission to Wellington Valley, NSW, 1830-45. A Critical Electronic Edition. 2002. http://www.newcastle.edu.au/school/hss/research/publications/the-wellington-valley-project.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 30 Jul 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 2
place: label: Place
content: Wellington Valley, New South Wales, Australia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Aboriginal Australian
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 66A00050
label: USNM Number
content: E5802-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Necklace
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 66 cm
label: Length - Object
content: 71 cm
label: Length - Object
content: 160 cm
label: Unknown - Object
content: 180 cm