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: LARGE BRAIDED HUMAN HAIR NECKLACE, WITH LOOPS AT EITHER END WRAPPED IN VEGETABLE FIBER. SINGLE STRANDS OF VEGETABLE FIBER EMPLOYED AT INTERVALS TO CONNECT STRANDS OF HUMAN HAIR. THERE ARE 83 STRANDS. OLD EXHIBITION LABEL (CA. 1870'S) READS, "NECKLACE (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.".
label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "MANY STRANDS OF .1" BRAID (WIDE). SEIZED WITH MATERIAL NOT COIR, TERMINAL LOOPS: 1" DIAMETER (OUTSIDE MEASUREMENTS). (THIS INFORMATION GIVEN BY K. P. EMORY, BISHOP MUSEUM 6/24/41). 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: E3806-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Necklace
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 64 cm
label: Width - Thick
content: 5 cm