Shell Bead Necklace
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1858
label: Collection Date
content: 1838 to 1842
name: label: Collector
content: George W. Hammersly
label: Donor Name
content: United States Exploring Expedition
notes: label: Notes
content: VARIOUS STRANDS, SOME BROKEN, OF WHITE SHELL AND BROWN COCONUT SHELL BEADS. THE SHELL DISCS ARE APPROX. 6 MM. IN DIAMETER AND 2 MM. THICK. TWO OF THE BEAD STRANDS ARE STRUNG ON TWISTED COCONUT FIBER, THE THIRD WAS STRUNG ON COPPER WIRE, WHICH WAS REPLACED BY NYLON CORD. THESE STRANDS HAD BEEN TAGGED WITH T-9330, BUT WERE IDENTIFIED AS WILKES CAT. NO. 3659 THROUGH THE DESCRIPTION IN AN OLD EXHIBITION LABEL WHICH READS, "NECKLACES (2) CIRCULAR DISKS OF SEA-SHELL AND COCOA-NUT SHELL, STRUNG ALTERNATELY ON A CORD OF TWISTED COCOA FIBER, LENGTHS 5 FEET AND 10 FEET..."
label: Notes
content: From 19th or early 20th century exhibit label with card: "Necklaces (2) - Circular disks of sea-shell and cocoa-nut shell, strung alternately on a cord of twisted cocoa fiber. Lengths, 5 feet and 10 feet. Kingsmill Islands, 1841. Collected by Mid'n Hammersly, U.S.N. ..."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 31 Jul 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: 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: E3659-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Necklace
physicalDescription: label: Length - In Total
content: 150 cm
label: Unknown - Part 1
content: 47 cm
label: Unknown - Part 2
content: 57 cm
label: Unknown - Part 3
content: 46 cm