Donor Name:

David D. Thomas  Search this

Object Type:

Ornament

Place:

Marquesas Islands, France, Polynesia

Accession Date:

27 Mar 1968

Notes:

From card: "A short length of braided sennit, whipped and divided into 4 strings each of which is whipped and redivided into many fine strings about 2.5 cm. long. To the end of each of these is whipped a short tuft of yellow-white hair. Dr. Marshall identifies the hair, with a question mark as "Old men's beards." and says "Old, Valuable.""

Record Last Modified:

28 Aug 2023

Specimen Count:

1

Topic:

Ethnology  Search this

Accession Number:

277609

USNM Number:

E409705-0

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Anthropology

Data Source:

NMNH - Anthropology Dept.

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/39dcb2c22-1711-4bfc-9b1a-b876794b846e

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmnhanthropology_8439968