Necklace Of Beads & Human Teeth
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1858
label: Collection Date
content: 1840
name: label: Collector
content: James N. Sheaf
label: Collector
content: Lt. Augustus L. Case
label: Donor Name
content: United States Exploring Expedition
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM 19TH OR EARLY 20TH CENTURY EXHIBIT LABEL WITH CARD: "4564. NECKLACE.-STRING OF SECTIONS OF SIX OR SEVEN CLEAR GLASS BEADS, STRUNG ALTERNATELY WITH HUMAN TEETH, PIERCED WITH HOLE NEAR TIPS OF ROOTS. FROM VANUA LEVU ISLAND. LENGTH, 25 INCHES. FIJI ISLANDS, 1840. 4,564. U.S. EXPLOR. EXPEDITION, CAPT. CHAS, WILKES, U.S.N."
label: Notes
content: Peale catalogue identifies # 1641 - 1645 as "Necklaces made of human teeth, and worn by the men of the Fiji Islands."
label: Notes
content: On p. 14 of National Institute for the Promotion of Science, Washington, D.C. A Popular Catalogue of the Extraordinary Curiosities In the National Institute, Arranged In the Building Belonging to the Patent Office. Washington: A. Hunter, 1855, Peale #s 1641 to 47 are identified as "Necklace of human teeth taken from deceased friends, and worn in remembrance of them. They are also taken sometimes from the enemy who have been slain in battle." [which applies to Peale # 1646]
label: Record Last Modified
content: 17 Oct 2023
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Vanua Levu Island, 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: E4564-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Necklace
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 64 cm