Necklace of dolphin teeth and shell beads
date: label: Accession Date
content: 12 Jul 1876
name: label: Collector
content: Us Consul Isaac M. Brower
label: Donor Name
content: Us Consul Isaac M. Brower
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "NECKLACE.---BAND, 1/2 INCH WIDE, MADE OF HEMPEN CORD IN WHICH ARE INTERWOVEN, AT ROOTS, DOUBLE ROWS OF TEETH OF DOLPHIN, DELPHINUS, AND TWO SMALL BANDS OF RED DISKS OF WAMPUM [sic, these are shell beads, not wampum]. USED AS MONEY. LENGTH, 14 INS. LENGTH OF TEETH, 1/2 IN. DIAM. OF TEETH, 1/8 IN. SOLOMON ISLANDS, 1875. 24,014. COLLECTED BY J. M. BROWER, U. S. CONSUL."
label: Notes
content: Tag with artifact identifies teeth as from Phalanger orientalis (the northern common cuscus, also known as the grey cuscus), upper canines.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 29 Aug 2023
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Solomon Islands, 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: E24014-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Necklace
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 36 cm
label: Length - Teeth
content: 1.3 cm
label: Diameter - Teeth
content: 0.318 cm