Shell Bead Necklace
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1858
label: Collection Date
content: 1838 to 1842
name: label: Collector
content: George W. Hammersly
label: Donor Name
content: United States Exploring Expedition
notes: label: Notes
content: TWO STRANDS OF WHITE SHELL AND BROWN COCONUT SHELL BEADS. THE SHELL DISCS ARE APPROX. 6 MM. IN DIAMETER AND 2 MM. THICK. THE BEAD STRANDS ARE STRUNG ON TWISTED COCONUT FIBER CORD. OLD 19TH AND EARLY 20TH CENTURY EXHIBITION LABEL READS, "BRACELET - CIRCULAR DISKS OF WAMPUM [sic, i.e. shell] AND COCOA-NUT SHELL, STRUNG ON CORD OF TWISTED VEGETABLE FIBER, LENGTH 10 INCHES..."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 19 May 2022
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Kiribati, Micronesia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Gilbertese
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 66A00050
label: USNM Number
content: E3665-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Necklace
physicalDescription: label: Length - 2 At 14 Cm Each
content: 28 cm