Shell Necklace
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1858
label: Collection Date
content: 1838 to 1842
name: label: Collector
content: Mr. Totten
label: Donor Name
content: United States Exploring Expedition
notes: label: Notes
content: NECKLACE OF TIGHTLY CLUSTERED, SMALL WHITE "OLIVA" SHELLS ATTACHED TO VARIOUS BRAIDS OF VEGETABLE FIBER. OLD 19TH OR EARLY 20TH CENTURY EXHIBIT LABEL READS, "NECKLACE - CORD OF TWISTED VEGETABLE FIBER, THICKLY COVERED WITH SMALL WHITE OLIVA SHELLS, LENGTH, 14 INS., DIAM 1 1/2 INS. KINGSMILLE ISLAND, 1841." THIS OBJECT WAS NOT GIVEN A PROVENIENCE IN THE PEALE CATALOGUE. ALSO THE ORIGINAL LEDGER LISTS THESE SHELLS AS BEING "MARGINELLA." EXHIBITED MAGNIFICENT VOYAGERS, NATIONAL MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY, 1985-86. EXHIBITED SITES "MAGNIFICENT VOYAGERS," 1987-89.
label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "MARGENELLA."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 28 Feb 2019
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Kiribati Islands, 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: E3663-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Necklace
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 40 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 4 cm