Necklace Of Small Vertebrae Of Fish
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1858
label: Collection Date
content: 1838 to 1842
name: label: Collector
content: Charles Erskine
label: Donor Name
content: United States Exploring Expedition
notes: label: Notes
content: Peale catalogue identifies # 1640 as "Necklace made of the vertebrae of a fish by the natives of the Fiji Islands."
label: Notes
content: 39 vertebrae strung on two vegetal (pandanus) fiber cords; 20 on one cord, 19 on the other. The cords are knotted at both places where they join.
label: Notes
content: From 19th or early 20th century exhibit label: "Necklace - Vertebrae of fish, strung on cord of fibrous bark. Length 8 ins. Length of vertebrae 3/8 in.".
label: Record Last Modified
content: 18 Sep 2019
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Fiji, Melanesia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Fijian
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: E3175-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Necklace
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 19.5 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 10 cm
label: Length - Average Vertebra
content: avg 1 cm