Human Hair Necklace
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1858
label: Collection Date
content: 1838 to 1842
name: label: Collector
content: Lt. Charles Wilkes
label: Donor Name
content: United States Exploring Expedition
notes: label: Notes
content: THIS HUMAN HAIR NECKLACE HAS 49 STRANDS WHICH ARE FASTENED SOMEWHAT DIFFERENTLY FROM THE OTHERS IN THE COLLECTION. THE LOOPS AT EACH END ARE WRAPPED WITH A COMBINATION OF HUMAN HAIR AND COCONUT FIBER, AND THEN ARE TIED BY CONNECTING CORD WRAPPED WITH HUMAN HAIR BRAID OVER COCONUT FIBER CORD. OLD EXHIBITION LABEL (CA. 1870'S) READS, "NECKLACES (7) - PLAITED, NARROWCORDS OF HUMAN HAIR, WOUND IN SKEINS; ENDS WORKED IN EYES AND FITTED WITH TWISTED CORDS OF VEGETABLE FIBER FOR TYING. LENGTHS, 1 1/2 TO 2 FT. WIDTHS, 1 TO 3 INS. PENRHYN ISLAND, 1840. [Catalogue Nos.] 3804, 3805, 3806, 3808, 3809, 3810, 3811. U.S. EXPLOR. EXPEDITION, CAPT. CHAS. WILKES, U.S.N." EXAMINED BY KENNETH P. EMORY, BISHOP MUSEUM, JUNE 1941.
label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "24 STRANDS TO ONE SIDE. WRAPPING, HUMAN HAIR AND SENNIT MIXED, CONNECTING CORD WRAPPED WITH HUMAN HAIR BRAID OVER SENNIT. (THIS INFORMATION GIVEN BY K. P. EMORY, BISHOP MUSEUM, 6/24/41). INVENTORIED 1975."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 28 Aug 2023
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Penrhyn Atoll, Cook Islands, Polynesia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Tongarevan
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 66A00050
label: USNM Number
content: E3809-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Necklace
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 58 cm
label: Width - Thick
content: 3 cm