Ornament Of The Indians Of The River Purus
date: label: Accession Date
content: 18 Mar 1859
label: Collection Date
content: 1852
name: label: Collector
content: Lt. U S N William L. Herndon
label: Donor Name
content: National Institute
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "ORNAMENTS OF THE INDIANS OF THE RIVER PURUS. HEAD-DRESS. #456 - PARROT - (CHRYSITIS SPECIES) NECK ORNAMENT-CEPHALOPTERUS ORNATUS. #457 - RED AND GREEN MACAW - ARA CHLOROPTERA. #458 - RED AND GREEN MACAW - ARA CHLOROPTERA & TAIL FEATHER OF ZONE TAILED HAW. UNITITYA ANTHRAUINA? #459 - SUN-DRIED TURTLE: THE GREEN TURTLE, CHELONIA MYDAS, IS ABUNDANT IN THE WEST INDIES AND OFF THE COAST OF SOUTH AMERICA. IN THE WEST INDIES THE MEAT IS CUT INTO PIECES OF CONVENIENT SIZE, DRIED IN THE SUN, AND EXPORTED. JAMAICA."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 2 Dec 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Purus River, Brazil, 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: 59A00003
label: USNM Number
content: E456-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Ornament