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 FRAGMENTS OF RED FEATHERS. THE PANDANUS BAND IS BROKEN IN VARIOUS PLACES AND AT EITHER END. OLD EXHIBIT LABEL READS, "NARROW HEAD-BANDS OF PANDANUS LEAVES, FITTED WITH CORDS OR TIES OF SAME, & ORNAMENTED ON EXTERIOR WITH RED FEATHERS - WORN ONLY BY CHIEFS - MUTHUATTA." THIS PIECE WAS MISSING INVENTORY DATA, SINCE IT HAD BEEN ASSUMED TO BE PART OF ONE OF THE OTHER BANDS, BUT IT WAS IDENTIFIED AND REASSEMBLED BY C. VALENTOUR.
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: E3032-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Headband
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 18.4 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 1.7 cm