Necklace Shell
date: label: Collection Date
content: 1942 to 1943
name: label: Collector
content: Mrs. Mary D. Lowry
label: Donor Name
content: Mrs. Mary D. Lowry
notes: label: Notes
content: From card: "Necklace of several kinds of native shells."
label: Notes
content: Per Jean Chapman-Mason and Nooanga (Nancy) Moeauri from the Cook Islands, 7-16-2013, many of the shells in this necklace are not from the Cook Islands. [update, 2018: Or, these particular shells may have been found in the Cook Islands at the time, but some species are now extinct. "I have experienced extinctions in my lifetime, e.g. triton, karikao (a type of whelk), ka'i (a shellfish favored for eating) and mussels".]
label: Record Last Modified
content: 27 Jan 2022
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Cook Islands, Polynesia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 180560
label: USNM Number
content: E386718-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Necklace