Shell Necklace
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: NECKLACE OF 41 SMALL MARGARITA SHELLS PIERCED AND STRUNG ON TWO BRAIDED VEGETABLE FIBER CORDS WHICH ARE IN TURN WRAPPED WITH A SINGLE-PLY VEGETABLE FIBER. MARKS> "--42" WRITTEN ON ONE SHELL. NECKLACE WAS IDENTIFIED BY THE REMAINS OF THE CATALOGUE NUMBER 5742 VISIBLE ON ONE OF THE SHELLS. OLD EXHIBIT NUMBER READS "BRACELET. SMALL MARGARITA SHELLS, POLISHED, PIERCED WITH HOLES AND STRUNG ON A CORD OF TWISTED VEGETABLE FIBER. LENGTH, 12 1/2 INS. SHELLS, DIAM. 3/8 INCH. TIERRA DEL FUEGO, 1839. 5742."
label: Notes
content: FROM 19TH OR EARLY 20TH CENTURY EXHIBIT LABEL WITH CARD: "BRACELET.--SMALL MARGARITA SHELLS, POLISHED, PIERCED WITH HOLES, AND STRUNG ON A CORD OF TWISTED VEGETABLE FIBER. LENGTH, 12 1/2 INS. SHELLS, DIAM., 3/8 INCH. TIERRA DEL FUEGO, 1839. 5,742. U.S. EXPLOR. EXPEDITION, CAPT. CHAS. WILKES, U.S.N."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 2 Dec 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Tierra Del Fuego, Chile, South 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: 66A00050
label: USNM Number
content: E5742-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Necklace
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 32 cm
label: Width - , Each Shell
content: 0.8 cm
label: Width - , Each Shell
content: 1 cm