Neck Ornament, Pearl Oyster, Broken
date: label: Accession Date
content: 12 Jul 1876
name: label: Donor Name
content: Us Consul Isaac M. Brower
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "*23917 *LOCALITY: LEVUKA I., FIJI. REMARKS: RE-IDENTIFIED BY CATALOGUE NO. AS 3798, HENCE LOCALITY PENRHYN/M. COOPER."
label: Notes
content: Pearl shell with a hole drilled on each side of it through which a braided vegetal (pandanus) fiber is threaded. The braid alternates natural and black dyed fiber, in chevron-like design. The pearl shell is broken along bottom edge; marks near breaks suggest this was intentionally done to form a pointed design.
label: Notes
content: Pearl shell pendant (civa) with pandanus braid cord.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 2 Oct 2019
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: 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: 005306
label: USNM Number
content: E23917-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Pendant
physicalDescription: label: Length - Shell
content: 13 cm
label: Length - Cord
content: 28 cm