Sinew 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: TEN BRAIDED SINEW CORDS (ELEVEN IN PLACES) WOUND AT INTERVALS WITH UNBRAIDED SINEW. WOUND TOGETHER AT TEN PLACES. DARK BROWN IN COLOR. OLD EXHIBIT LABEL READS, "NECKLACE. SELVAGE STRAP OF SMALL CORDS OF NEATLY PLAITED VEGETABLE FIBER, WRAPPED AT INTERVALS OF FIVE INCHES WITH SINEW. LENGTH, 3 FT. CIRCUMFERENCE 13/16 INCH. TIERRA DEL FUEGO, 1839. 5747." EXHIBITED MAGNIFICENT VOYAGERS, NATIONAL MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY, 1985-86. EXHIBITED SITES "MAGNIFICENT VOYAGERS," 1987-89.
label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "LOAN: SITES JAN 9 1987. MAGNIFICENT VOYAGERS."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 30 Jul 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Tierra Del Fuego, Chile, South America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 66A00050
label: USNM Number
content: E5747-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Necklace
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 182 cm