Shell Bracelet
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: BRACELET. 38 SMALL SHELLS STRUNG ON A TWO PLY TWISTED VEGETABLE FIBER CORD. AN OLD TAG READS, "A SPECIES OF FRESHWATER SHELL, "MELANIA," A WEST COAST SPECIES". PUGET SOUND, WASHINGTON.
label: Notes
content: Peale catalogue describes # 400 (E2558) and #401 (E8780) as "Shell necklace worn by the natives of the Straits of de Fuca. 401A (E2559) A duplicate made of fresh water shells." E2559 is, at least currently, too small to be worn as a necklace.
label: Notes
content: "Straits of de Fuca" presumably refers to the Strait of Juan de Fuca. The Strait of Juan de Fuca is the waterway stretching from the Pacific Ocean on the west to the San Juan Islands on the east, with Vancouver Island to the north and the Olympic Peninsula to the south. Puget Sound is the narrower waters south of the Strait of Juan de Fuca. The international boundary between the United States and Canada runs down the center of the Strait.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 31 Jul 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Strait of Juan de Fuca / Puget Sound (not certain), Washington (not certain) / British Columbia (not certain), United States (not certain) / Canada (not certain), North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 66A00050
label: USNM Number
content: E2559-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Bracelet
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: ca 10 cm