Necklace
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: A NECKLACE MADE OF DARK BROWN PLAITED HUMAN HAIR.THIS PEALE NUMBER HAS BEEN ARBITRARILY ASSIGNED TO THIS CATALOGUE NUMBER FOR PURPOSES OF IDENTIFICATION, AND SINCE IT IS THE ONLY "NECKLACE" WHICH HAS NOT BEEN ASSOCIATED WITH A PEALE CATALOGUE NUMBER. AN OLD EXHIBIT LABEL DESCRIBES IT AS "NECKLACE. - HUMAN HAIR, PLAITED IN TEN STRANDS. LENGTH, 9 FT., DIAM 5/16 IN. KINGSMILL ISLANDS... CHAS WILKES.".
label: Notes
content: Peale catalogue includes # 677 under heading of "necklaces worn by the women of Raraka Paumotu group."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 31 Jul 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Raraka Atoll, Tuamotu Archipelago, France, Polynesia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Tuamotuan
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 66A00050
label: USNM Number
content: E3661-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Necklace
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 272 cm