Necklace Of Brown Flat Seeds
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: FROM 19TH OR EARLY 20TH CENTURY EXHIBIT LABEL WITH CARD: "NECKLACE.--BAND OF PLAITED STRANDS OF VEGETABLE FIBER, 16 INS. LONG AND 1/4 IN. BROAD, TO WHICH ARE PENDANT, AT CLOSE INTERVALS, FLAT BLACK SEEDS OR DRIED BERRIES. FIJI ISLANDS, 1840. 3,180. U.S. EXPLOR. EXPEDITION, CAPT. CHAS. WILKES, U.S.N."
label: Notes
content: Peale # 1407. Peale catalogue identifies # 1406 and 1407 as "Dress made of seeds worn by girls of the Fiji Islands."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 31 Jul 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Fiji, Melanesia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Fijian
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 66A00050
label: USNM Number
content: E3180-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Necklace
physicalDescription: label: Length - Band
content: 41 cm
label: Width - Band
content: 64 cm