Human 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 WHICH HAS NEARLY ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY STRANDS OF HAIR. THE NECKLACE IS LOOPED AND WRAPPED AT EITHER END WITH COCONUT FIBER. LENGTHS OF BRAIDED HAIR ARE CONNECTED TO EACH OTHER BY WRAPPING WITH A SINGLE STRAND OF VEGETABLE FIBER. OLD EXHIBITION LABEL (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. LENGTHS, 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.". EXHIBITED MAGNIFICENT VOYAGERS, NATIONAL MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY, 1985-86. EXHIBITED SITES "MAGNIFICENT VOYAGERS," 1987-89.
label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "(NOTE: THIS CARD MADE FROM INFORMATION TAKEN FROM LABEL). INVENTORIED 1975."
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: E3811-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Necklace
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 65 cm
label: Maximum Width - Object
content: 8 cm