Shell Ornament White & Black Beads
date: label: Accession Date
content: 26 Oct 1874
label: Collection Date
content: 1838 to 1842
name: label: Collector
content: United States Exploring Expedition
label: Donor Name
content: Prof Spencer F. Baird
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM 19TH OR EARLY 20TH CENTURY EXHIBIT LABEL WITH CARD: "NECKLACE.--ANNULAR DISKS, 1/4 INCH IN DIAMETER, CUT FROM COCONUT SHELL, PIERCED WITH HOLE, AND STRUNG ON CORD OF TWISTED COCONUT FIBER ALTERNATELY WITH DISKS OF WHITE SHELL OF SAME DIMENSIONS. PENDANT TO NECKLACE IS A WHITE CONVEX DISK, 2 3/4 INCHES IN DIAMETER, POLISHED ON CONVEX SURFACE AND CARVED SPIRALLY ON CONCAVE. LENGTH OF NECKLACE, 28 INCHES. PENRHYN ISLAND, 1841. 15,119. U.S. EXPLOR. EXPEDITION. PROF. S. F. BAIRD. MAJ. WM. RICH."
label: Notes
content: Per Jean Chapman-Mason and Nooanga (Nancy) Moeauri from the Cook Islands, 7-16-2013, this object is not from the Cook Islands
label: Record Last Modified
content: 2 Dec 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Penrhyn Atoll, 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: 74A00057
label: USNM Number
content: E15119-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Ornament / Necklace
physicalDescription: label: Length - Necklace
content: 71 cm