Necklace
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1858
label: Collection Date
content: 1838 to 1842
name: label: Collector
content: Major William Rich
label: Donor Name
content: United States Exploring Expedition
notes: label: Notes
content: NECKLACE COMPOSED OF COCONUT FIBER CORD STRUNG W/SMALL BEADS OF COCONUT SHELL, FROM WHICH IS HUNG A WHITE SHELL DISK WITH A HOLE IN THE CENTER. MARKS> "RICH" WRITTEN ON BACK OF SHELL. THIS OBJECT HAD BEEN TAGGED WITH T-12135, BUT WAS IDENTIFIED AS A WILKES OBJECT, PARTIALLY FROM THE "RICH" & PARTIALLY FROM THE REMAINS OF A CATALOGUE NUMBER AND ALSO FROM THE DESCRIPTION ON AN OLD 19TH OR EARLY 20TH CENTURY EXHIBITION LABEL WHICH READS, "NECKLACE - ANNULAR SECTIONS OF DRIED TWIGS, 1/8 INCH IN DIAMETER, STRUNG ON SMALL CORD OF TWISTED VEGETABLE FIBER,TO WHICH IS PENDANT A FLAT ANNULAR DISK CUT FROM SHELL. LENGTH OF NECKLACE 30 INS. DIAM. OF DISK, 3 INS. KINGSMILL..." EXHIBITED MAGNIFICENT VOYAGERS, NATIONAL MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY, 1985-86.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 2 Dec 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Kiribati Islands, Kiribati, Micronesia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Gilbertese
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 66A00050
label: USNM Number
content: E3662-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Necklace
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: ca 24 cm
label: Diameter - Of Shell
content: 7.6 cm