Human Nail And Hair Necklace
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1858
label: Collection Date
content: 1838 to 1842
name: label: Collector
content: Lt. Charles Wilkes
label: Donor Name
content: United States Exploring Expedition
notes: label: Notes
content: FINELY BRAIDED HUMAN HAIR NECKLACE WITH ONE FINGER NAIL ATTACHED AT THE CENTER. THE LOOPS AT THE ENDS ARE WRAPPED IN VEGETABLE FIBER CORDS. SOME STRANDS ARE ALSO WRAPPED AT CONNECTING POINTS WITH A SINGLE STRAND OF VEGETABLE FIBER. OLD EXHIBITION LABEL WITH CARD (CA. 1870'S) READS, "NECKLACES (7) - PLAITED, NARROW CORDS OF HUMAN HAIR, WOUND IN SKEINS; ENDS WORKED IN EYES AND FITTED WITH TWISTED CORDS OF VEGETABLE FIBER FOR TYING. LENGTH, 1 1/2 TO 2 FT. WIDTHS, 1 TO 3 INS. PENRHYN ISLAND, 1840. [CATALOGUE NOS.:] 3804, 3805, 3806, 3808, 3809, 3810, 3811. U.S. EXPLOR. EXPEDITION, CAPT. CHAS. WILKES, U.S.N.". LENT TO BISHOP MUSEUM FOR EXHIBITION IN JANUARY, 1978. EXHIBITED MAGNIFICENT VOYAGERS, NATIONAL MUSEUM OF NAUTRAL HISTORY, 1985-86.
label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "PLAITED, NARROW CORDS OF HUMAN HAIR, WOUND IN SKEINS; ENDS WORKED IN EYES AND FITTED WITH TWISTED CORDS OF VEGETABLE FIBRE FOR TYING. HUMAN FINGERNAIL CUTTING ATTACHED TO ONE CORD. LOANED TO BISHOP MUSEUM 1/23/78. RETURNED FROM BISHOP MUSEUM 2/15/78."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 28 Aug 2023
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: E3810-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Necklace
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 73 cm