Necklace
date: label: Accession Date
content: 17 Feb 2017
name: label: Collector
content: Jean T. Chapman-Mason
label: Donor Name
content: Jean T. Chapman-Mason
notes: label: Notes
content: Velcro fastened braided bast band covered with red feathers and yellow bast, with oyster shell decoration.
label: Notes
content: Donor's notes for E433870 and E433871: "Pare/ head dress & necklace. Consists of imported red feathers (these come from imported feather stoles which come in a range of colours); sometimes the feathers come from feather dusters which have to be taken apart. Saves our local chickens and other birds! Getting feathers from a bird means killing it - messy work. The yellow fibre in the costume is dyed kiri'au (beach hibsicus) bast. The dye used is imported, probably synthetic. Also, carved and polished black lip oyster shell (the same which produces the black pearl). The long white strands at the top of the headdress and also in the bustle at the back of the skirt are rito (immature leaves of the coconut tree which has been cooked & left undyed). The sub-structure of the whole costume was made by Mrs Vaine Clarke (b. 1945), a former dancer, now dance troupe manager (of Ta'akoka Dance Troupe, which has been around for 30 years) & choreographer. She also attached the white Astralium/Turban shells, kiriau, rito & feathers in the headdress, girdle & necklace and bra & she knotted the rope under the bustle.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 26 Aug 2016
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Rarotonga, Cook Islands, Polynesia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 2069807
label: USNM Number
content: E433871-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Necklace
physicalDescription: label: Length
content: 66 cm
label: Width
content: 25 cm
label: Height
content: 6 cm