Chief's Necklace
date: label: Accession Date
content: 28 Dec 1938
name: label: Collector
content: Capt. Ebenezer (Eben) Pierce
label: Donor Name
content: Mrs. Katherine Munroe
notes: label: Notes
content: From card: "Made of many strands of plaited human hair with whale tooth pendant carved in the form of a hook. These were tabu to all below the rank of chief. Presumably collected by Eben Pierce, the inventor of the bomb whaling lance." Lei Niho Palaoa.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 22 May 2023
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Hawaii (Hawaiʻi), United States, Polynesia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Hawaiian (Kanaka ʻŌiwi, Kanaka Maoli)
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 150649
label: USNM Number
content: E379297-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Necklace