Shell Ornament, Spondylus
date: label: Accession Date
content: 12 Jul 1876
name: label: Donor Name
content: Us Consul Isaac M. Brower
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "OLD LABEL: "STRIPS OF VEGETABLE FIBER (PROBABLY RUSH OR SCIRPUS LEAVES) 30 INCHES LONG, TO THE MIDDLE OF WHICH IS PENDANT A SMALL, CIRCULAR, RED, ROUGH SHELL, SPONDYLUS."
label: Notes
content: Spondylus shell pendant, sovui, worn by high-ranking individuals of both sexes, especially in Rewa and Bau (eastern Viti Levu), but possibly also elsewhere in Fiji.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 28 Nov 2017
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Fiji, Melanesia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 005306
label: USNM Number
content: E23931-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Pendant
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 76 cm