Pearl Shell Ornament
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 CARD: "WORN ON THE BREAST. 3039 - ORIG. 1609."
label: Notes
content: SI ARCHIVE DISTRIBUTION DOCUMENTS SAY SENT TO E.R. BEADLE, PA, 1867.
label: Notes
content: Peale catalogue identifies #s 1582 - 1618 as "Shells, worn as ornaments suspended from neck, by the native Fiji Islanders."
label: Notes
content: Shell gorget with two suspension holes, with attached braided coconut fiber cord. Has original Peale # label.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 2 Oct 2019
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Fiji, Melanesia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Fijian
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 66A00050
label: USNM Number
content: E3039-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Ornament
physicalDescription: label: Length - Shell
content: 17.7 cm
label: Width - Shell
content: 17.5 cm
label: Length - Cord
content: 43 cm