Necklace Of Bird Bones
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: A NECKLACE MADE OF SMALL BIRD BONES BEADS WHICH ARE STRUNG ON WHAT APPEARS TO BE BRAIDED SINEW OR HIDE W/ ONE LIMPET SHELL ATTACHED AT ONE END AND A SHARPENED BIRD BEAK AT THE OTHER. OLD EXHIBIT LABEL READS, "NECKLACE - STRING OF CYLINDRICAL SECTIONS OF SMALL BONES, PENDANT BEING A WHITE PATELLA SHELL OR LIMPET, AND AN UPPER MANDIBLE OF A BEAK OF A BIRD. LENGTH 20 INS. DIAM. OF SHELL 1 IN. ...5744". EXHIBITED MAGNIFICENT VOYAGERS, NATIONAL MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY, 1985-86. EXHIBITED SITES "MAGNIFICENT VOYAGERS," 1987-89.
label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "LOAN: SITES JAN 9 1987. MAGNIFICENT VOYAGERS."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 5 Sep 2016
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Tierra Del Fuego, Chile, South America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 66A00050
label: USNM Number
content: E5744-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Necklace
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 58 cm
label: Diameter - Shell
content: 2.5 cm