Shell Necklace
date: label: Accession Date
content: 28 Jul 1999
name: label: Collector
content: Marie-Helene Sachet
label: Donor Name
content: Muriel W. Sterne
notes: label: Notes
content: COMPOSED OF 2 TYPES OF SHELLS STRUNG ON PLASTIC LINE. WHITE BIVALVE SHELLS IN CLUSTERS OF 4 FROM (OF WHICH THERE ARE 23 CLUSTERS) ARE ATTACHED TO ONE ANOTHER W/ SMALLER PINK UNIVALVE SHELLS STRUNG ON PLASTIC LINE. BETWEEN THE CLUSTERS OF WHITE BIVALVE SHELLS, ATTACHED BY 2 PLASTIC LINES DECORATED W/ PINK UNIVALVE SHELLS ARE 23 CIRCLES OF 16 HALVES OF WHITE BIVALVE SHELL. ALL THE SHELLS ARE PERFORATED THROUGH WHICH PLASTIC LINE IS STRUNG. MARIE-HELENE SACHET (COLLECTOR) COMMENTS "ELABORATE SHELL NECKLACE." ACCORDING TO ADRIENNE KAEPPLER (CURATOR OF OCEANIC ETHNOLOGY) THE NECKLACE COMES FROM TAHITI.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 2 Dec 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Tahiti, Society Islands, France, Polynesia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Tahitian
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 420729
label: USNM Number
content: E428739-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Necklace
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 52 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 32 cm
label: Height - Object
content: 2.5 cm