Necklace
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: NECKLACE OF HEAVY BRAIDED COCONUT FIBER CORD TO WHICH ARE SEWN (OR LASHED) PIERCED, WHITE "NATICA" SHELLS.THERE ARE 38 SHELLS. THIS MAY HAVE BEEN LONGER, JUDGING FROM THE DIMENSIONS IN THE OLD EXHIBIT LABEL. OLD 19TH OR EARLY 20TH CENTURY EXHIBIT LABEL READS, "NECKLACE - PLAITED STRANDS OF COCOA-NUT FIBER, TO WHICH ARE LASHED WHITE NATICA SHELLS, PIERCED WITH HOLES. LENGTH OF NECKLACE, 45 INS., LENGTH OF SHELLS, 1 1/8 TO 1 3/8 INS. KINGSMILL..." EXHIBITED MAGNIFICENT VOYAGERS, NATIONAL MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY, 1985-86.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 13 Jan 2017
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Kiribati Islands, Kiribati, Micronesia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Gilbertese
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 66A00050
label: USNM Number
content: E3686-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Necklace
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 39 cm