Straw Plait Bracelets & Feather Pendants
date: label: Accession Date
content: 18 Mar 1859
label: Collection Date
content: 1852
name: label: Collector
content: Lt. U S N William L. Herndon
label: Donor Name
content: National Institute
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "1 PAIR. FORMERLY T-12377. BRACELETS--(2) BAND OF THIN WOOD, 1 1/2" IN WIDTH, COVERED WITH PLAITED BLACK AND YELLOW STRAW, AND ORNAMENTED WITH A PENDANT BUNCH OF BRILLIANT FEATHERS 1 FOOT IN LENGTH. AMAZON RIVER. THE BRACELET WITHOUT FEATHERS HAS INKED INSCRIPTION INSIDE WHICH READS "BUREAU OF ARTS PARIS," WHICH APPEARS TO BE INCORRECT."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 2 Dec 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 2
place: label: Place
content: Amazon River, Peru / Brazil, South America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 59A00003
label: USNM Number
content: E460-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Bracelet/Pendant