Necklace Of Human Teeth Mixed With Dog Teeth
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 # 1647. Peale catalogue identifies # 1647 as "Necklace made of human teeth, and dogs teeth mixed. Anthropology catalogue ledger book identifies as "Necklace of human teeth mixed with pigs teeth." This was mistranscribed on the catalogue card as "Necklace Mixed With Pigs' Teeth." Per Ximena Lemoine, NMNH Program in Human Ecology and Archaeobiology, 2013, the animal teeth are dog not pig.
label: Notes
content: On p. 14 of National Institute for the Promotion of Science, W. (1855). A popular catalogue of the extraordinary curiosities in the National Institute, arranged in the building belonging to the Patent Office. Washington: A. Hunter, Peale #s 1641 to 47 are identified as "Necklace of human teeth taken from deceased friends, and worn in remembrance of them. They are also taken sometimes from the enemy who have been slain in battle." [which applies to Peale # 1646]
label: Record Last Modified
content: 17 Oct 2023
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Fiji, Melanesia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Fijian
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 66A00050
label: USNM Number
content: E3178-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Necklace
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 30 cm