Feather Headband
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: REMNANT OF A HEADBAND COMPOSED OF PANDANUS LEAF AND RED FEATHERS, ALTHOUGH MOST OF THE FEATHERS HAVE COME UNGLUED. THE HEADBAND IS BROKEN IN MANY PLACES AND AT EITHER END. OLD EXHIBIT LABEL READS, "NARROW HEAD-BANDS OF PANDANUS LEAVES, FITTED WITH CORD OR TIES OF SAME, & ORNAMENTED ON EXTERIOR WITH RED FEATHERS - WORN ONLY BY CHIEFS - MUTHUATTA."
label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "WORN BY THE CHIEFS."
label: Notes
content: Peale catalogue identifies # 1803 - 1808 as ""Vou-kula" Head band of scarlet feathers, worn over the turban. Fiji."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 2 Dec 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Muthuata (Macuata-i-wai) Island, 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: E3035-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Headband
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 17 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 4.5 cm