Grass 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: Jane Walsh has tentatively identified this object as Peale # 1652, which would make it from Fiji. Peale catalogue identifies # 1652 as "Belt & collar made of roots, and worn by the Chief of Mathuata, Fiji Islands."
label: Notes
content: Composed of numerous thin braids of coconut fiber. Clasped at center with thick braid of woody fibers in a manner which resembles a large round "bead." Fastened on both ends with a "cap" of knotted fibers which end in a braid then a twist. Braids on one side of necklace have been gathered in four places and at end with thin cord.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 30 Jul 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Mathuata (Macuata-i-wai) Island (not certain), Fiji (not certain), Polynesia (not certain) / Melanesia (not certain)
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Polynesian (?)
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: E14854-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Necklace
physicalDescription: label: Circumference - Object
content: 94 cm
label: Thickness - Object
content: ca. 3 cm