Ornament with Shell
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1854
name: label: Donor Name
content: Lt. Amiel W. Whipple
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "THICK CORD & CARVED SHELL. PROBABLY WORN AROUND THE FOREHEAD [sic]. NECKLACE--COTTON SKEIN, DYED BLUE, WITH PENDANT OF CUT AND POLISHED CLAM SHELL. THE LATTER PROBABLY OBTAINED FROM PACIFIC COAST TRIBES BY BARTER. LENGTH OF SKEIN, 10 INCHES."
label: Notes
content: See Part III, Plate 42, after p. 50, in United States. War Department, et al. Reports of explorations and surveys, to ascertain the most practicable and economical route for a railroad from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean v.3 (1856). doi: 10.5479/sil.400661.39088020039939 . There is an object illustrated there that resembles (may be?) E1441. It is described as: "Small shell gorget, worn by married women only. They part with it reluctantly, and seem to prize it as if it were a wedding gift."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 16 Feb 2024
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: New Mexico, 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: 66A00080
label: USNM Number
content: E1441-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Necklace
physicalDescription: label: Length - Skein
content: 25 cm