Circular pendant of pearl shell on black cord
date: label: Accession Date
content: 17 Feb 2017
name: label: Collector
content: Jean T. Chapman-Mason
label: Donor Name
content: Jean T. Chapman-Mason
notes: label: Notes
content: Shell pendant with pearl attached, and 4 cartouches of carving. The donor describes this as "Cook Islands pearlshell (parau)… with Marquesan-cross motifs and a Cook Is. black pearl inserted." "Carved in Rarotonga by Pati Ataela, a Pukapukan/Nassau Islander living in Rarotonga"
label: Record Last Modified
content: 8 May 2018
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Northern, 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: 2069807
label: USNM Number
content: E433859-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Pendant
physicalDescription: label: Length
content: 22 cm
label: Width
content: 5.5 cm
label: Height
content: 1 cm