Donor Name:

United States Exploring Expedition  Search this

Length - Object:

86 cm

Width - , Each Shell:

0.8 cm

1 cm

Object Type:

Necklace

Place:

Tierra Del Fuego, Chile, South America

Accession Date:

1858

Collection Date:

1838 to 1842

Notes:

SMALL MARGARITA SHELLS, PIERCED AND STRUNG ON A CORD WHICH IS COMPOSED OF TWO BRAIDED STRANDS WITH A SINGLE-PLY FIBER TWISTED AROUND THE FORMER. MARKS> "-741" FAINTLY VISIBLE ON ONE SHELL. NECKLACE WAS IDENTIFIED BY THE "741" VISIBLE ON ONE OF THE SHELLS. OLD EXHIBITION LABEL READS "NECKLACE. SMALL MARGARITA SHELLS, POLISHED, PIERCED WITH HOLES, AND STRUNG ON A CORD OF TWISTED VEGETABLE FIBER. LENGTH, 4 INS. SHELLS, 3/8 IN. IN DIAMETER. TIERRA DEL FUEGO, 1839. 5741."

FROM 19TH OR EARLY 20TH CENTURY EXHIBIT LABEL WITH CARD: "NECKLACE.--SMALL MARGARITA SHELLS, POLISHED, PIERCED WITH HOLES, AND STRUNG ON A CORD OF TWISTED VEGETABLE FIBER. LENGTH, 4 INS. SHELLS, 3/8 IN. IN DIAMETER. TIERRA DEL FUEGO, 1839. 5,741. U.S. EXPLOR. EXPEDITION, CAPT. CHAS. WILKES, U.S.N."

Record Last Modified:

2 Dec 2014

Specimen Count:

1

Topic:

Ethnology  Search this

Accession Number:

66A00050

USNM Number:

E5741-0

See more items in:

Anthropology

Data Source:

NMNH - Anthropology Dept.

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/32f146216-6d00-43d9-9d66-96d10a896ecb

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmnhanthropology_8469953