Shell Ornament For Neck, Ovula
date: label: Accession Date
content: 12 Jul 1876
name: label: Donor Name
content: Us Consul Isaac M. Brower
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "OLD LABEL: "STRIPS OF WHITE VEGETABLE FIBER 28 INCHES LONG, TO THE MIDDLE OF WHICH IS PENDANT A SHELL, OVULA OVUM, COLORED WITH A BLACK PIGMENT."
label: Notes
content: Buli vula (Ovula ovum, common egg cowrie shell, a white shell) are traditionally associated with sacred and chiefly matters in Fiji. This item is exceptional because it seems to have been oiled and smoked, a process also employed for tabua (ceremonial whale's teeth) and certain barkcloths strongly associated with chiefs.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 28 Nov 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: 005306
label: USNM Number
content: E23930-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Pendant
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 71 cm