Pearl Shell Ornament
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: FROM CARD: "WORN ON THE BREAST."
label: Notes
content: FROM 19TH OR EARLY 20TH CENTURY EXHIBIT LABEL WITH CARD 3042-3: "BREAST ORNAMENTS (2).-SHELLS, AVICULA MARGARITIFERA, NATURAL SIZE REDUCED BY GRINDING; PIERCED WITH HOLES TO ADMIT OF ATTACHMENT TO NECKLACE. LENGTH, 6 INCHES. FIJI ISLANDS, 1840. 3,042 AND 3,043. U.S. EXPLOR. EXPEDITION, CAPT. CHAS. WILKES, U.S.N."
label: Notes
content: Peale catalogue identifies #s 1582 - 1618 as "Shells, worn as ornaments suspended from neck, by the native Fiji Islanders."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 27 Mar 2017
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: 66A00050
label: USNM Number
content: E3042-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Ornament
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 15 cm
label: Length - Object
content: 16.5 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 16.5 cm