NECKLACE OF HEAVY BRAIDED COCONUT FIBER CORD TO WHICH ARE SEWN (OR LASHED) PIERCED, WHITE "NATICA" SHELLS.THERE ARE 38 SHELLS. THIS MAY HAVE BEEN LONGER, JUDGING FROM THE DIMENSIONS IN THE OLD EXHIBIT LABEL. OLD 19TH OR EARLY 20TH CENTURY EXHIBIT LABEL READS, "NECKLACE - PLAITED STRANDS OF COCOA-NUT FIBER, TO WHICH ARE LASHED WHITE NATICA SHELLS, PIERCED WITH HOLES. LENGTH OF NECKLACE, 45 INS., LENGTH OF SHELLS, 1 1/8 TO 1 3/8 INS. KINGSMILL..." EXHIBITED MAGNIFICENT VOYAGERS, NATIONAL MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY, 1985-86.
