Cord Made Of Human Hair
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: THIS APPEARS TO BE A COLLECTION OF STRANDS OF WOVEN HUMAN HAIR, NOT A NECKLACE PER SE, BUT A WORKING SET OF STRANDS. ONE OF THE EARLY EXHIBIT LABELS DESCRIBES IT AS A "SKEIN OF CORD OF PLAITED HUMAN HAIR; ENDS BOUND WITH SAME." EARLY EXHIBITION LABEL - PROBABLY 1870'S, READS, "NECKLACE - MADE OF DARK HUMAN HAIR TWISTED INTO NUMEROUS SMALL CORDS AND WRAPPED AT THE TWO ENDS. PENRHYUS [sic] ISLAND, 1867". LATER EXHIBIT LABEL READS, "NECKLACE. SKEIN OF CORD OF PLAITED HUMAN HAIR; ENDS BOUND WITH SAME, LENGTH 4'6", WIDTH, 3/8 IN...".
label: Notes
content: Peale catalogue identifies #s 801 - 810 as "Ornaments made of human hair by the natives of Penrhyns Island."
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: E3802-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Cord
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 166 cm