Belt Of Shells (Oliva)
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: From 19th or early 20th century exhibit label: "Girdle - Belt, plaited from twisted strands of various kinds of vegetable fiber. Pendant, by small cords of same, are small brown shells, Oliva porphyria, with spiral tip removed. Length of belt 22 ins. Diam of belt 1.2 in.. From second 19th or early 20th century exhibit label: "Belt - Band of plaited strands of vegetable fiber, to which are pendant numerous brown olivella shells about 1 inch long. Length 22 ins. Width 5/8 in."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 22 Feb 2019
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Fiji, Melanesia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Fijian
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 66A00050
label: USNM Number
content: E3173-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Shell
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 56 cm