Dentalium 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: PEALE DESCRIPTION: "NECKLACE MADE OF SHELLS (DENTALIUM) WORN BY THE NATIVES OF THE NORTH WEST COAST OF AMERICA."
label: Notes
content: From card: "Anklet - shell beads (Dentalium) San Francisco Cal."
label: Notes
content: Necklace of dentalium shells occasionally interspersed with white glass beads and white cylindrical shell beads.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 26 Mar 2019
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Northwest Coast (not certain), California (not certain), United States (not certain), North 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: E2687-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Necklace
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 516 cm