Human Hair Wig
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1858
label: Collection Date
content: 1838 to 1842
name: label: Collector
content: United States Exploring Expedition
label: Donor Name
content: United States Exploring Expedition
notes: label: Notes
content: HUMAN HAIR WIG, MADE OF TIGHTLY CURLED BLACK HAIR ATTACHED TO A COCONUT FIBER CORD NETWORK WHICH FITS TIGHTLY OVER THE HEAD. SOME OF THIS CORD MAY HAVE BEEN MADE WITH A DIFFERENT VEGETABLE FIBER, SIMILAR TO "OLONA" FIBER. THE WIG IS A MIXTURE OF BLACK AND DARK BROWN HAIR. THIS WIG HAS BEEN CATALOGUED AS T-12151, BUT HAS BEEN ARBITRARILY ASSIGNED THE S.I. CATALOGUE NUMBER OF 2911 SINCE THAT NUMBER WAS MISSING INVENTORY DATA.
label: Notes
content: Peale catalogue identifies # 1809 to 1812 as "Wigs showing the usual style of dressing the hair by the Fiji's. On the death of friends or relatives it is customary to cut off the hair close to the head. These wigs are worn on the expiration of the term of mourning until the hair grows again: the wigs are made of natural hair dyed and curled according to the fashion of the day."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 28 Aug 2023
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: 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: E2911-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Wig
physicalDescription: label: Width - Object
content: 36 cm
label: Height - Object
content: 17 cm
label: Diameter - Object
content: 30 cm