Shell Ornament
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: CASSI SHELL WITH MOST OF THE TOP PORTION OF THE SHELL CUT AWAY, WITH ALL CUT EDGES SMOOTHED. HAS ORIGINAL PEALE TAG, ALSO WRITTEN ON SHELL, "PENRHYN'S IS EX EX BOX. 23 VINCENNES."
label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "INVENTORIED 1975."
label: Notes
content: Peale catalogue identifies this, under # 800, as one of a group of "Ornaments made of shells, and worn by the natives of Penrhyns Island."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 31 Jul 2020
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: E3801-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Ornament
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 15 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 9 cm