Necklace, Shell
date: label: Accession Date
content: 27 Nov 1897
label: Collection Date
content: 1896 to 1897
name: label: Collector
content: John B. Hatcher
label: Donor Name
content: Bureau Of American Ethnology
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "MARINE SNAIL, PHOTINULA EXPANSA. WORN BY "CANOE" AND YAHGAN INDS. OLD LABEL: "SHELL ORNAMENTS OF THE YAHGAN INDIANS. STRUNG UPON A CORD OF SINEW BY MEANS OF A WRAPPING OF SINEW FILAMENT, EACH TURN OF WHICH ATTACHES A SHELL. 178007 LOANED TO MUSEUM OF NATL. HERITAGE 1/2/79. RETURNED 10/2/79." FROM 19TH OR EARLY 20TH CENTURY EXHIBIT LABEL WITH CARD: "178,007 SHELL ORNAMENTS OF THE YAHGAN INDIANS. STRUNG UPON A CORD OF SINEW BY MEANS OF A WRAPPING OF SINEW FILAMENT, EACH TURN OF WHICH ATTACHES A SHELL. SOUTHERN TIERRA DEL FUEGO. 178,007 FROM THE BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY. COLLECTED BY J. B. HATCHER."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 19 Mar 2025
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: South Coast, Tierra Del Fuego, Argentina (not certain) / Chile (not certain), South America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Yahgan (Yagán, Yámana) (?)
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 032817
label: USNM Number
content: E178007-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Necklace